Baby name
Margarete
/mar · gah · REH · teh/
Meaning
“Pearl”
German form of Margaret, from the Greek margarites meaning pearl; the formal German spelling carries classical European weight.
Nicknames
grete · greta · marga
How it ages.
Classic that peaked in the early 20th century; Greta is the revived fragment, not the full form.
The cultural moment.
Common in Germany through the early 20th century; declining, with Greta taking its revival.