Baby name
CLASSIC
🇨🇿 Markéta
/MAR · keh · tah/
Meaning
“Pearl”
Czech form of Margaret, from Greek margarites meaning pearl; the diacritic marks it unmistakably as Central European.
Nicknames
markétka · keta
Vibe
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.