Margareta
Meaning and origin
From Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”). First recorded in Sweden around 1100. Cognate with English Margaret.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Margareta (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Margareta has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2016. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 28,335 |
| 2000 | 28,200 |
| 2001 | 28,023 |
| 2002 | 27,855 |
| 2003 | 27,792 |
| 2004 | 27,660 |
| 2005 | 27,322 |
| 2006 | 27,101 |
| 2007 | 26,697 |
| 2008 | 26,532 |
| 2009 | 26,160 |
| 2010 | 25,909 |
| 2011 | 25,551 |
| 2012 | 25,175 |
| 2013 | 24,783 |
| 2014 | 24,365 |
| 2015 | 23,957 |
| 2016 | 23,531 |
| 2017 | 23,069 |
| 2018 | 22,631 |
| 2019 | 22,225 |
| 2020 | 21,832 |
Margareta in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Margareta.Hi! My name is Margareta.
- Margareta bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Margareta lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Margareta har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Margareta has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Margaretas mamma är lärare.Margareta's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Margaretas mamma is Margareta's mum.
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Questions about Margareta
How do you pronounce Margareta in Swedish?
In IPA, Margareta is /marɡa²reːta/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Margareta mean?
From Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”). First recorded in Sweden around 1100. Cognate with English Margaret.
How popular is Margareta in Sweden?
3 babies were named Margareta in 2022. In 2020, 21,832 people in Sweden had Margareta as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2016 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.