The first name Margit
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
From Hungarian, German, Norwegian, and Swedish Margit, equivalents of Margaret.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Margit at birth, 1880–2025
In 1993, 8 girls born in the United States were named Margit, the 10,188th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1959, when 20 were.
672
babies named Margit since 1880
#10,188
rank in 1993
1959
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Margit
16 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Margit CarstensenGerman actress (1940–2023)
- Margit SchumannEast German luger (1952–2017)
- Margit PörtnerDanish female curler (1972–2017)
- Margit NünkeGerman beauty pageant winner and actor (1930–2015)
- Margit Otto-CrépinFrench equestrian (1945–2020)
- Margit ElekFencer (1910–1986)
- Margit RüütelEstonian tennis player (born 1983)
- Margit BarnayGerman film actor (1896-1974)
- Margit SaadGerman actress (1929–2023)
- Ene-Margit TiitEstonian mathematician and statistician (born 1934)
- Margit DanÿFencer (1906-1975)
- Margit FischerFirst Lady of Austria, born 1943
Questions
- What does the name Margit mean?
- From Hungarian, German, Norwegian, and Swedish Margit, equivalents of Margaret.
- Is Margit a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 672 US babies named Margit since 1880 were girls.
- When was Margit most popular?
- 1959 in the United States, when 20 babies were named Margit, its highest rank at 2,642nd.