Baby name

CLASSIC GIRL · CZECH
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Markéta

/MAR · keh · tah/


“Pearl”

Czech form of Margaret, from Greek margarites meaning pearl; the diacritic marks it unmistakably as Central European.

markétka · keta

strongwarm

How it ages.

Solid Czech classic; outside Czech-speaking countries it reads as pleasantly exotic.

The cultural moment.

Consistently in the Czech top 20 from the 1970s through 1990s; still well-used today.