Margareta

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Margareta is a female given name mainly used by Germans, Austrians, Romanians, Swedes, and others. It derives from Latin, where it came from the Greek word margaritari (μαργαριτάρι), meaning pearl, which was borrowed from the Persians.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Iranica|last=Schmitt|first=Rüdiger|url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/greece-xii|access-date=2022-03-31}} It is cognate with Margaret, Marguerite, and Margarita.Iseabail MacLeod and Terry Freedman, [https://books.google.com/books?id=aE8OODf3LhsC&pg=PA146 Dictionary of First Names] (1995), p. 146.

People with the name include:

• Margareta (missionary) ({{circa|1369}}–{{circa|1425}}), Swedish missionary
• Margareta of Romania (born 1949), Crown-Princess of Romania
• Maya Ackerman, Russian-American computer scientist
• Margareta Alströmer (1763–1816), Swedish artist
• Margareta Andersson (born 1948), Swedish politician
• Margareta Bengtson (born 1966), Swedish soprano
• Margareta Brahe (1603–1669), Swedish lady-in-waiting
• Margareta Capsia (1682–1759), Finnish artist
• Margareta Cederfelt (born 1959), Swedish politician
• Margareta Cederschiöld, Swedish tennis player
• Margareta Dockvil (died after 1673), Swedish hatmaker
• Margareta Kozuch (born 1986), German volleyball player
• Margareta Pogonat (1933–2014), Romanian actress
• Margareta Priolo (1890–1955), Occitan writer, singer, teacher
• Margareta Webber (1891–1983), Australian Bookseller