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Margherita (F)>

Margherita (female)

Variants:Margaret (F) Margarida (F) Margarita (F) Marguerite (F)
Diminutive(s):Rita (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Italian form of Margaret [q.v.], from Greek or Persian "pearl".  The diminutive, Rita, is found as a given name in English-speaking countries and in Scandinavia.