Margery
Margery is a female given name derived from Margaret, which can also be spelled as Marjorie, Margaery, Margery or Marjory. From the Old French, the Middle English forms of Margaret equally derive from the Greek for pearl. Margery, Marjorie and Marjory in the 14th century became a medieval softened translation of French and Church Latin versions of Margaret.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Margery
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Margery is a female given name derived from Margaret, which can also be spelled as Marjorie, Margaery, Margery or Marjory. From the Old French, the Middle English forms of Margaret equally derive from the Greek for pearl. Margery, Marjorie and Marjory in the 14th century became a medieval softened translation of French and Church Latin versions of Margaret.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Margery
American parents first put Margery on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 564 Margerys were born — ranking #279 that year. About 30% of every Margery on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Margery last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Margery
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About the name Margery
Margery is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 16K births in the dataset. Margery's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #279. Use the chart and map above to compare Margery's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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