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Margaruite
How to Pronounce Margaruite
Pronounced mar-guh-REET /ˌmɑːrgəˈriːt/Low
Meaning: Margaruite is a transposed spelling of Marguerite, the French form of Margaret. The name descends from the Greek margarites, 'pearl,' and in French it doubles as the word for the daisy. The letters u and i are swapped here from the standard Marguerite, so the pearl meaning carries straight over.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Margaruite is a variant of Marguerite, the graceful French form of Margaret from the Greek margarites, 'pearl.' The standard spelling was a genteel early-twentieth-century choice, and off-spellings like Margaruite appear in the records from families who kept the sound while slipping the letters.
The name in this form was always vanishingly rare, given to only about fourteen girls a year at its Edwardian-era peak and to barely a hundred in all before it faded by mid-century. A Margaruite of that time would be a great-grandmother now, and the spelling reads as a period curiosity rather than a name on the rise.
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What does the name Margaruite mean?
It is a respelling of Marguerite, the French form of Margaret, from Greek margarites, 'pearl'; in French it also means daisy.
How do you pronounce Margaruite?
It is said mar-guh-REET /ˌmɑːrgəˈriːt/ - three syllables, stress on the last.
Is Margaruite a boy or girl name?
Margaruite is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Margaruite?
It was always rare and peaked around the early twentieth century before fading, well behind the standard Marguerite.