Marguerite (given name)

Marguerite is a French female given name, from which the English name Margaret is derived. Marguerite derives via Latin and Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs) meaning "pearl".^[1] It is also a French name for the ox-eye daisy flower.^[2] Those with the name include:

People[]

Nobility[]

Margaret of Bourbon (1438–1483) or Marguerite de Bourbon, Princess of Savoy by marriage
Margaret of France (1553–1615) or Marguerite de Valois, wife of Henry IV of France and Navarre
Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry or Marguerite de Valois (1523–1574), daughter of King Francis I of France
Margaret, Countess of Anjou or Marguerite d'Angou (1273–1299), Countess of Anjou and Maine in her own right and Countess of Valois, Alençon, Chartres and Perche by marriage
Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549), princess of France, Queen of Navarre and Duchess of Alençon and Berry
Marguerite III de Neufchâtel (1480–1544), German-Roman monarch as Princess Abbess of the Imperial Remiremont Abbey in France
Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (1645–1721), Grand Duchess of Tuscany by marriage
Marguerite of Lorraine (1615–1672), princess of Lorraine and Duchess of Orléans by marriage
Marguerite, Baroness de Reuter (1912–2009), European aristocrat and member of the family that founded the Reuters news service
Marguerite, bâtarde de France (1407–1458), illegitimate daughter of Charles VI and Odette de Champdivers, legitimized by Charles VII
Marguerite, Duchess of Rohan (1617–1684), French noblewoman
Princess Marguerite Adélaïde of Orléans (1846–1893), princess of France and, by marriage, princess of the House of Czartoryski

Other[]

Marguerite Bériza (1880–after 1930), French opera soprano
Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620–1700), saint and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Marguerite Broquedis (1893–1983), French tennis player
Marguerite Carré (1880–1947), French opera soprano
Marguerite Charpentier (1848-1904), French art collector and salonist
Marguerite Davis (1887–1967), American chemist, co-discoverer of vitamins A and B
Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987), American writer and illustrator of children's books
Marguerite De La Motte (1902–1950), American film actress
Marguerite de la Sablière (c. 1640–1693), French salonist and polymath
Marguerite Derricks (born 1961), American choreographer
Marguerite Duras (1914–1996), French writer and film director
Marguerite Fourrier (fl. 1900), French tennis player
Marguerite Frank (born 1927), American−French mathematician
Marguerite Georges (1787–1867), noted French actress who had an affair with Napoleon
Marguerite Henry (1902–1997), American writer of children's books
Marguerite Higgins Hall (1920-1966), American war correspondent and first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Foreign Correspondence for her coverage of the Korean War
Marguerite Kirmse (1885–1954), British-American artist
Marguerite L. Smith (1894–1985), New York assemblywoman 1920–1921
Marguerite Long (1874–1966), French pianist and teacher
Marguerite Moore (1849–?), Irish-Catholic orator, patriot, activist
Marguerite Moreau (born 1977), American actress
Marguerite Norris (1927–1994), Detroit Red Wings team president, first female NHL team executive, first woman to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup^[3]
Marguerite Perey (1909–1975), French physicist
Marguerite Pindling (born 1932), Governor-General of the Bahamas beginning 2014
Marguerite Porter Zwicker (1904–1993), Canadian watercolor painter and art promoter
Marguerite Quinn, American politician elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2006
Marguerite Scypion (c. 1770s–after 1836), African-Natchez slave who filed the first "freedom suit" and ended Indian slavery in the state of Missouri in 1836
Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987), Belgian-born French novelist and essayist, first woman elected to the Académie française
Marguerite Zorach (1887–1968), American painter, textile artist and graphic designer
Maya Angelou (1928–2014), American author, poet, dancer, actress and singer, born Marguerite Annie Johnson
Peg Luksik (Marguerite Ann McKenna; born 1955), Pennsylvania politician
Saint Marguerite d'Youville (1701-1771), French Canadian widow who founded the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal

Fictional characters[]

Marguerite Caine, main protagonist and heroine of Claudia Gray's "Firebird Series" beginning with "A Thousand Pieces of You"
Marguerite Gautier, the heroine in the Alexandre Dumas fils novel La Dame aux Camelias
Marguerite St. Just, wife of the Scarlet Pimpernel in the novel by the same name
Marguerite Volant,^[4] main character of the 1996 Canadian mini-series by the same name
Marguerite Baker, an antagonist and member of the Baker family in the horror video game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Marguerite, the heroine of Gounod's opera Faust
Saison Marguerite, a supporting character in the web series The Most Popular Girls in School
Tomoe Marguerite, in the anime and manga My-Otome

References[]

^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Margaret" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 700.
^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Marguerite". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
^ "Marguerite Norris, Hockey Team President, 67". New York Times. May 14, 1994. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
^ fr:Marguerite Volant

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[1] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Margaret" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 700.

[2] Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Marguerite". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2021-04-29.

[3] "Marguerite Norris, Hockey Team President, 67". New York Times. May 14, 1994. Retrieved November 22, 2015.

[4] r:Marguerite Volant

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