Margarita
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Ancient Greek. Borrowed from the Latin and Spanish Margarita (“Margaret”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Margarita (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. 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.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 374 |
| 2000 | 385 |
| 2001 | 395 |
| 2002 | 406 |
| 2003 | 409 |
| 2004 | 420 |
| 2005 | 421 |
| 2006 | 443 |
| 2007 | 447 |
| 2008 | 470 |
| 2009 | 484 |
| 2010 | 498 |
| 2011 | 512 |
| 2012 | 522 |
| 2013 | 529 |
| 2014 | 546 |
| 2015 | 553 |
| 2016 | 559 |
| 2017 | 569 |
| 2018 | 579 |
| 2019 | 583 |
| 2020 | 590 |
Margarita in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Margarita.Hi! My name is Margarita.
- Margarita bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Margarita lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Margarita har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Margarita has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Margaritas mamma är lärare.Margarita's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Margaritas mamma is Margarita's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Margarita
How do you pronounce Margarita in Swedish?
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What does the name Margarita mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Ancient Greek. Borrowed from the Latin and Spanish Margarita (“Margaret”).
How popular is Margarita in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Margarita in 2022. In 2020, 590 people in Sweden had Margarita as the first name they go by.
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.