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Also known as Margit (given name), Margit (first name)

Margit is a feminine given name, a version of Margaret.

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Given name.name
Margit
Given name.caption
Margit Nordin, fotograferad under Vasaloppet 1923.
Given name.image
Margit_Nordin_(1923).jpg
Given name.gender
feminine
Given name.meaning
"pearl"
Given name.language
Hungarian
Given name.languageorigin
Greek
Given name.variant forms
Margaréta
Given name.related names
Rita, Margith, Marjit, Margjit
Given name.cognate
Margaret
Given name.anglicisation
Margaret
Given name.name day
June 10

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native label
Margit
Soundex
M623
Cologne phonetics
6742
Caverphone
MKT111
Commons category
Margit (given name)
P8168
XSL
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Margit is a feminine given name, a version of Margaret.

People bearing the name include: Margit of Hungary (1175–1223), Empress consort of Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine Emperor Saint Margit of Hungary (1242–1271), Hungarian nun and princess Margit Albrechtsson (1918–1994), Swedish cross country skier Margit Anna (1913–1991), Hungarian painter Margit Bangó (born 1950), Hungarian Romani singer and recipient of the Kossuth Prize Margit Bara (1928–2016), Hungarian actress Margit Beck (1918–1997), Hungarian-born American painter Margit Brandt (1945–2011), Danish fashion designer Margit Carlqvist (born 1932), Swedish actress Margit Carstensen (1940–2023), German actress Margit Dajka (1907–1986), Hungarian actress Margit Danÿ (1906–1975), Hungarian fencer Margit Elek (1910–1986), Hungarian fencer Margit Eskman (1925–1990), Finnish politician Margit Fischer (born 1943), First Lady of Austria, wife of President Heinz Fischer Margit Frenk (1925–2025), German-Mexican philologist, folklorist and translator Margit Graf (born 1951), Austrian luger Margit Gréczi (born 1941), Hungarian painter Margit Hansen-Krone (1925–?), Norwegian politician Margit Haslund (1885–1963), Norwegian women's advocate and politician Margit Hvammen (1932–2010), Norwegian alpine skier Margit Kaffka (1880–1918), Hungarian writer and poet Margit Korondi (1932–2022), Hungarian gymnast Margit Kovács (1902–1977), Hungarian ceramist and sculptor Margit Kristian (1913–2008), Yugoslavian fencer Margit Lukács (1914–2002), Hungarian actress Margit Makay (1891–1989), Hungarian actress Margit Müller (born 1952), German field hockey player Margit Mutso (born 1966), Estonian architect Margit Osterloh (born 1943), German engineer Margit Paar, German luger Margit Pörtner (born 1972), Danish curler Margit Rösler, German mathematician Margit Rüütel (born 1983), Estonian tennis player Margit Saad (1929–2023), German actress Margit Sandemo (1924–2018), Norwegian-Swedish writer Margit Schiøtt (1889–1946), Norwegian politician Margit von Schoultz-Frankenhaeuser (1898–1990), Swedish-speaking Finnish writer Margit Schumann (1952–2017), German luger Margit Senf (born 1945), German figure skater Margit Slachta (1884–1974), Hungarian religion activist Margit Sebők (1939–2000), Hungarian painter and educator Margit Sutrop (born 1963), Estonian philosopher, ethicist, academic, and politician Margit Tøsdal (1918–1993), Norwegian politician Margit Varga (1908–2005), American painter, art director, and journalist Margit Warburg (born 1952), Danish sociologist Margit Evelyn Newton, Italian actress Busk Margit Jonsson (born 1929), Swedish opera singer Gunn Margit Andreassen (born 1973), Norwegian biathlete

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