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Marget
How to Pronounce Marget
Pronounced MAR-git /ˈmɑrɡɪt/Medium
Meaning: Marget is a trimmed, two-syllable form of Margaret, from Greek margarites, 'pearl' — the same root behind Margot, Greta and Margery. The dropped second vowel reflects how the name was often actually said.Medium
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
Marget is a pared-down spelling of Margaret, carrying the Greek margarites, 'pearl,' straight from the parent. It shows up in United States records from the early eighteen-eighties and peaks around 1922, an era when Margaret itself was hugely popular and clipped or dialect spellings occasionally reached the birth registry. Unlike the polished Margot, Marget reads as the plain-spoken version. It was never common in this form, given to only a couple dozen girls a year.
With records fading by the nineteen-seventies, Marget sits in a grandmother-to-great-grandmother range and has not revived on its own; parents today reach for Margaret, Margot or Greta. Its virtue is simplicity, and it pairs its pearl meaning with easy, no-frills initials.
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What does the name Marget mean?
It is a shortened form of Margaret, from the Greek margarites, meaning 'pearl.'
How do you pronounce Marget?
It's said MAR-git /ˈmɑrɡɪt/, 2 syllables.
Is Marget a boy or girl name?
Marget is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Marget?
It was always rare, a clipped Margaret spelling given to just a couple dozen girls a year in the early nineteen-hundreds.