Margit Explained

Margit
Gender:	feminine
Meaning:	"pearl"
Language:	Hungarian
Language origin:	Greek
Variant Forms:	Margaréta
Related Names:	Rita, Margith, Marjit, Margjit
Cognate:	Margaret
Anglicisation:	Margaret
Name Day:	June 10

Margit is a feminine given name, a version of Margaret.

People bearing the name include:

• Margit of Hungary (1175–1223), Empress consort of Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine Emperor
• Saint Margit of Hungary (1242–1271), Hungarian nun and princess
• Margit Albrechtsson (1918–1994), Swedish cross country skier
• Margit Anna (1913–1991), Hungarian painter
• Margit Bangó (born 1950), Hungarian Romani singer and recipient of the Kossuth Prize
• Margit Bara (1928–2016), Hungarian actress
• Margit Beck (1918–1997), Hungarian-born American painter
• Margit Brandt (1945–2011), Danish fashion designer
• Margit Carlqvist (born 1932), Swedish actress
• Margit Carstensen (1940–2023), German actress
• Margit Dajka (1907–1986), Hungarian actress
• Margit Danÿ (1906–1975), Hungarian fencer
• Margit Elek (1910–1986), Hungarian fencer
• Margit Eskman (1925–1990), Finnish politician
• Margit Fischer (born 1943), First Lady of Austria, wife of President Heinz Fischer
• Margit Graf (born 1951), Austrian luger
• Margit Gréczi (born 1941), Hungarian painter
• Margit Hansen-Krone (1925–?), Norwegian politician
• Margit Haslund (1885–1963), Norwegian women's advocate and politician
• Margit Hvammen (1932–2010), Norwegian alpine skier
• Margit Kaffka (1880–1918), Hungarian writer and poet
• Margit Korondi (1932–2022), Hungarian gymnast
• Margit Kovács (1902–1977), Hungarian ceramist and sculptor
• Margit Kristian (1913–2008), Yugoslavian fencer
• Margit Lukács (1914–2002), Hungarian actress
• Margit Makay (1891–1989), Hungarian actress
• Margit Müller (born 1952), German field hockey player
• Margit Mutso (born 1966), Estonian architect
• Margit Osterloh (born 1943), German engineer
• Margit Paar, German luger
• Margit Pörtner (born 1972), Danish curler
• Margit Rösler, German mathematician
• Margit Rüütel (born 1983), Estonian tennis player
• Margit Saad (1929–2023), German actress
• Margit Sandemo (1924–2018), Norwegian-Swedish writer
• Margit Schiøtt (1889–1946), Norwegian politician
• Margit Schumann (1952–2017), German luger
• Margit Senf (born 1945), German figure skater
• Margit Slachta (1884–1974), Hungarian religion activist
• Margit Sebők (1939–2000), Hungarian painter and educator
• Margit Sutrop (born 1963), Estonian philosopher, ethicist, academic, and politician
• Margit Tøsdal (1918–1993), Norwegian politician
• Margit Varga (1908–2005), American painter, art director, and journalist
• Margit Warburg (born 1952), Danish sociologist
• Margit Evelyn Newton, Italian actress
• Busk Margit Jonsson (born 1929), Swedish opera singer
• Gunn Margit Andreassen (born 1973), Norwegian biathlete