girl's name
Marguerite
mar-guh-REET
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 3
- Letters 10
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 368,452
Canada
#270
2024 births
Marguerite is a girl's name meaning pearl, and it is also the French word for the daisy — so the name carries a flower and a gemstone at once. Our data marks it stable, and it ranks 489th in France.
- Marguerite is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 1906, when 9,250 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 5,895 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 3.
Marguerite over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 89,455 |
| 1910s | 64,110 |
| 1920s | 58,690 |
| 1930s | 29,425 |
| 1940s | 14,895 |
| 1950s | 7,410 |
| 1960s | 2,535 |
| 1970s | 925 |
| 1980s | 835 |
| 1990s | 1,030 |
| 2000s | 1,120 |
| 2010s | 670 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 460 |
What Marguerite means
Marguerite means pearl, from a Greek word borrowed from further east. In French the same word names the daisy, so the name doubles as a flower name without changing form.
Where Marguerite comes from
Marguerite is the French form of Margaret, from the Greek margarites, a pearl — a word Greek took from a Persian or Sanskrit source along with the trade in pearls themselves. In French the word also names the ox-eye daisy, apparently for its pearl-white petals, so Marguerite is simultaneously a gem name and a flower name. Marguerite de Navarre, sister of François I, wrote the Heptaméron and sheltered reformers at her court; Marguerite Yourcenar became the first woman elected to the Académie française in 1980, three and a half centuries after its founding.
Marguerite in use
Marguerite peaked in France in 1906, when 9,250 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It now ranks 489th in France on 100 births, 2497th in the United States on 71 and 4042nd in England and Wales, across 368,452 lifetime births in four of the seven markets we track. Its 1906 peak is the earliest of any name in this group.
How popular is Marguerite?
In 2025, Marguerite was given to 100 babies in France, ranking #489 that year. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Marguerite is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Marguerite
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Marguerite also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Marguerite over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
2 nicknames for Marguerite
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Marguerite in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Bulgarian
- Margarita
- Catalan
- Margarida
- Danish
- Margit
- Dutch
- Margaret Margot Margarita Margit Margaretha
- Estonian
- Margit
- Galician
- Margarida
- Greek
- Margarita
- Hungarian
- Margit
- Italian
- Margherita
- Latvian
- Margarita
- Polish
- Marieta
- Portuguese
- Margarida
- Russian
- Margarita
- Spanish
- Margarita
- Swedish
- Margit
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Mairead Margueritte Margareta Margrethe
Sibling names for Marguerite
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Marguerite — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Marguerite
What does the name Marguerite mean?
Pearl, from the Greek margarites — and in French the same word names the daisy.
Is Marguerite a flower name?
Both. It means pearl, and marguerite is the French name for the ox-eye daisy.
Is Daisy related to Marguerite?
As a nickname, yes — because the French word means daisy.
How popular is Marguerite?
489th in France, and our data marks it stable.
Is Marguerite a girl's or a boy's name?
Marguerite is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Marguerite?
Marguerite has 3 syllables.
What are the nicknames for Marguerite?
Marguerite is usually shortened to Margot and Daisy.
Is Marguerite a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Marguerite currently ranks #270 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.