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". It is also a French name for the ox-eye daisy flower. Those with the name include:
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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 de Cambis (fl. 1550s), French noblewoman and translator
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
Marguerite de Saint-Marceaux (1850–1930), French aristocrat and salonnière
Marguerite Aimery Harty de Pierrebourg (1856–1943), French baroness, salonnière and writer published as Claude Ferval
Other
Marguerite (singer) (born 2000), French singer
Marguerite Elizabeth Abbott (1870–1953), American painter and teacher
Marguerite Alibert (1890–1971), French socialite and courtesan, mistress of Edward VIII, acquitted of killing her husband at the Savoy Hotel in London.
Marguerite Bériza (1880–after 1930), French opera soprano
Marguerite Bernes (1901–1996), Algerian nun recognised as Righteous Among the Nations
Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620–1700), saint and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Marguerite Bowman (1918–1997), American politician
Marguerite Broquedis (1893–1983), French tennis player
Marguerite Lucile Brésil (1880–1961), French actress, model, and singer
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
Fictional characters
Marguerite St. Just, wife of the Scarlet Pimpernel in the novel by the same name
Marguerite Gautier, the heroine in the Alexandre Dumas fils novel La Dame aux Camelias
Marguerite Volant, main character of the 1996 Canadian mini-series by the same name
Marguerite Krux, financier of an expedition to a Lost World in the late 1990s TV series The Lost World based on a book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Marguerite, the heroine of Gounod's opera Faust
Marguerite Baker, an antagonist and member of the Baker family in the horror video game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Marguerite Murphy; an elderly resident in Sunnyvale on the show Trailer Park Boys
Marguerite Caine, main protagonist and heroine of Claudia Gray's "Firebird Series" beginning with "A Thousand Pieces of You"