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Meta (female)

Variants:Margaret (F) Margret (F) Margrit (F)
Pet Name for:Margaret (F) Margareta (F) Margarete (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

1. Scottish pet name for Margaret [q.v.], from Greek or Persian "pearl".

2. German, Danish and Swedish pet name for Margareta and Margarete, variants of Margaret.

3. Meta is also used as a German given name in its own right.
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