Margrethe
Margret(h)e is an alternate spelling of the feminine given name Margaret.
- Danish
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Margrethe
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Margret(h)e is an alternate spelling of the feminine given name Margaret.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Danish
- Norwegian
The Story of Margrethe
The earliest SSA record of Margrethe as a baby girl name dates back to 1913, when 5 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Margrethe — #3,919 in the national rankings. About 59% of every Margrethe on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Margrethe last appeared in the published SSA data in 1963, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 27 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Margrethe
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Margrethe. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Margrethe
Phonetically similar names — useful when Margrethe is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Margraf
- Margerum
- Margret
- Margaret
- Margrit
- Marguerite
- Mcgrath
- Margarite
- Magrath
- Margarete
- Margrave
- Margaretha
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Margrethe
Margrethe is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 27 births in the dataset. Margrethe's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #3,919. Use the chart and map above to compare Margrethe'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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