*RELATIVES*
*ALLIES*
*FICTIONAL MARGARETS*
***GOLD STANDARD***
(*see nickname ‘greta’*)
(and ‘maggie’)
(“margaret” is a female first name, originally derived from ‘persian’ word “morvared” meaning ‘Pearl’ and in ‘Sanskrit’ मञ्जरी mañjarī meaning ‘pearl’ or ‘cluster of blossoms’)
(other spelling variations are ‘French’ (Marguerite) and ‘Latin’ (Margarita) from ‘Greek’ ‘Margarites’)
(‘margaret’ has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the ‘Middle Ages’)
(it became less popular between the 16th century and 18th century, but became more common again after this period, becoming the 2nd most popular name in the ‘United States’ in 1903)
(since this time, it has become less common, but was still the ninth most common name for women of all ages in the ‘United States’ as of the ‘1990 census’)
(“margaret” has a large number of ‘diminutive forms’ in many different ‘languages’)