Margret
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a short form of Margareta, =Margaret.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Margret (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 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 | 642 |
| 2000 | 637 |
| 2001 | 636 |
| 2002 | 639 |
| 2003 | 641 |
| 2004 | 644 |
| 2005 | 630 |
| 2006 | 635 |
| 2007 | 629 |
| 2008 | 625 |
| 2009 | 618 |
| 2010 | 613 |
| 2011 | 610 |
| 2012 | 599 |
| 2013 | 590 |
| 2014 | 586 |
| 2015 | 581 |
| 2016 | 571 |
| 2017 | 562 |
| 2018 | 553 |
| 2019 | 543 |
| 2020 | 534 |
Margret in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Margret.Hi! My name is Margret.
- Margret bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Margret lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Margret har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Margret has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Margrets mamma är lärare.Margret's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Margrets mamma is Margret's mum.
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Questions about Margret
How do you pronounce Margret in Swedish?
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What does the name Margret mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a short form of Margareta, =Margaret.
How popular is Margret in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Margret in 2022. In 2020, 534 people in Sweden had Margret 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.