Marguerite
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Marguerite is the French form of a female given name (English Margaret
, Spanish Margarita) which derives from the Greek Μαργαρίτης meaning "pearl
"). See also Margaret (name)
and Peggy
.
Margaret (name)
Margaret is a female first name, derived from the Greek word margarites meaning "pearl." It may have originally been derived from the Sanskrit word मञ्यरी mañjarī....
, Spanish Margarita) which derives from the Greek Μαργαρίτης meaning "pearl
Pearl
A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is made up of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other...
"). See also Margaret (name)
Margaret (name)
Margaret is a female first name, derived from the Greek word margarites meaning "pearl." It may have originally been derived from the Sanskrit word मञ्यरी mañjarī....
and Peggy
Peggy (given name)
Peggy is a female first name , derived from Margaret. It may refer to:In literature:*Peggy Kornegger, academic*Peggy Noonan, author*Peggy Parish, authorIn entertainment:*Peggy Ashcroft, actress...
.
Notable women named Marguerite
- Queen Marguerite de ValoisMarguerite de ValoisMargaret of Valois was Queen of France and of Navarre during the late sixteenth century...
, wife of Henry IV of France and NavarreNavarreNavarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France... - Saint Marguerite BourgeoysMarguerite BourgeoysSaint Marguerite Bourgeoys was the founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame.- Biography :...
, foundress of the Congregation of Notre DameCongregation of Notre DameThe Congregation of Notre Dame was founded in 1653 by Marguerite Bourgeoys in Montreal, Canada. This was one of the first non-cloistered communities. The community's motherhouse has continued to be based in Montreal...
, Montreal - Marguerite (woman of color)Marguerite (woman of color)Marguerite Scypion, also known in court files as Marguerite , was an African-Natchez woman, born into slavery in Saint Louis, Missouri Territory. She was held first by Joseph Tayon and later by Jean Pierre Chouteau, one of the most powerful men in the city...
, in 1805 filed the first "freedom suit" in St. Louis and succeeded in ending Indian slavery in the state of Missouri in 1836 - Marguerite DurasMarguerite DurasMarguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras was a French writer and film director.-Background:...
, French writer and film director - Marguerite GeorgesMarguerite GeorgesMarguerite Georges was a French stage actor. She belonged to the most famous French actors of her time. She is also known for her affair with Napoleon.- Biography :...
, French actress - Marguerite HenryMarguerite HenryMarguerite Henry was an American writer. Henry inspired children all over the world with her love of animals, especially horses. The author of fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals, her work has captivated entire generations of children and young adults and won...
, American writer - Marguerite LongMarguerite LongMarguerite Long was a French pianist and teacher.Marguerite Marie-Charlotte Long was born in Nîmes. She studied with Henri Fissot at the Paris Conservatoire, taking a premier prix in 1891, and privately with Antoine François Marmontel...
, French pianist - Marguerite MoreauMarguerite MoreauMarguerite Moreau is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles on the television series Blossom, her role as Katie in the comedy cult film Wet Hot American Summer, and her role in The Mighty Ducks series of films...
, American actress - Marguerite YourcenarMarguerite YourcenarMarguerite Yourcenar was a Belgian-born French novelist and essayist. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie française, in 1980, and the seventeenth person to occupy Seat 3.-Biography:Yourcenar was born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie...
, Belgian novelist - Marguerite "Peg" LuksikPeg LuksikMarguerite "Peg" Anna McKenna Luksik is a conservative politician, frequent candidate, and Constitution Party activist in Pennsylvania.Luksik was born on August 11, 1955 in Huntsville, Alabama, where her father was in the Army...
, Pennsylvania politician
Other uses of Marguerite (given name)
- The original given name of the author Maya AngelouMaya AngelouMaya Angelou is an American author and poet who has been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton. She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first and most highly...
- Marguerite (mare) was the name of a mare, mother of Gallant FoxGallant FoxGallant Fox was a United States Thoroughbred horseracing champion.Foaled at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky by Sir Gallahad III out of the mare Marguerite, Gallant Fox was a bay colt who became the second horse to win the U.S...
, the 2nd U.S. Triple Crown Champion,
Fictional characters named Marguerite
- Marguerite, the name of the heroine of Gounod's opera FaustFaust (opera)Faust is a drame lyrique in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part 1...
- Tomoe MargueriteTomoe Margueriteis a secondary character in My-Otome who is the 2nd top Coral student in Windbloom. She is also Chie Hallard's room attendant and later on in the series becomes an antagonist...
is a character in the anime and manga My-Otome - Marguerite St. Just, wife of the Scarlet PimpernelScarlet pimpernelScarlet pimpernel is a low-growing annual plant found in Europe, Asia and North America...
in the novel by the same name - Marguerite Gautier, the name of the heroine in the Alexandre Dumas fils novel La Dame aux Camelias