Editing Marguerite (given name)

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{{Infobox Given Name Revised|origin=[[Latin]] and [[Greek language|Greek]]|meaning="[[Pearl]]"|related names=[[Margaret]], [[Margarita (given name)|Margarita]], [[Margherita]], [[Margo (given name)|Margo]], [[Marge]], [[Margot]],|gender=Female|language=[[French language|French]]|feminine=|nickname=[[Rita (given name)|Rita]], [[Marge]] <!-- These are possible nicknames for this name, although not often seen, or used -->|image=Mabé.jpg|caption=A pearl, from which ''Marguerite'' maintains this meaning, deriving from the [[Latin]] and [[Greek language|Greek]] origins.}}
'''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]]".<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Margaret |volume=17 |page=700}}</ref> It is also a French name for the [[Leucanthemum vulgare|ox-eye daisy]] flower.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Mike|title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Marguerite|url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/marguerite|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Behind the Name}}</ref> 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
* [[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 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 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 Gaut]] (1888–1967), American golfer
* [[Marguerite Genès]] (1868–1955), French woman of letters and teacher who wrote in Occitan and French
* [[Marguerite Georges]] (1787–1867), noted French actress who had an affair with Napoleon
* [[Marguerite Grépon]] (1891–1982), French journalist and writer
* [[Marguerite Henry]] (1902–1997), American writer of children's books
* [[Marguerite Henry (scientist)]] (1895–1982), Australian zoologist
* [[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 Vincent Lawinonkié]] (1783-1865), Huron-Wendat craftswoman
* [[Marguerite Long]] (1874–1966), French pianist and teacher
* [[Marguerite St. Leon Loud]] (1812-1889), American poet and writer
* [[Marguerite Louppe]] (1902–1989), French painter
* [[Marguerite Mareuse]] (1889–1964), French racing driver
* [[Marguerite Massart]] (1900–1979), first woman to graduate as an engineer in Belgium.
* [[Marguerite Moore]] (1849–?), Irish-Catholic orator, patriot, activist
* [[Marguerite Moreau]] (born 1977), American actress
* [[Marguerite Narbel]] (1918–2010), Swiss biologist and politician<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marion |first=Gilbert |date=July 7, 2011 |others=Translated by Alice Holenstein-Beereuter |title=Narbel, Marguerite |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/articles/032113/2011-07-07/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=[[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]] |language=de}}</ref>
* [[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<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/14/obituaries/marguerite-norris-hockey-team-president-67.html |work=[[New York Times]] |date=May 14, 1994 |accessdate=November 22, 2015 |title=Marguerite Norris, Hockey Team President, 67 }}</ref>
* [[Marguerite Perey]] (1909–1975), French physicist
* [[Marguerite Perrin]], American ''Trading Spouses'' participant
* [[Marguerite Pindling]] (born 1932), Governor-General of the Bahamas beginning 2014
* [[Marguerite Porete]] (died 1310), French-speaking mystic
* [[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
* Saint [[Marguerite d'Youville]] (1701-1771), French Canadian widow who founded the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal

== 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]],<ref>[[:fr:Marguerite Volant]]</ref> 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 (TV series)|The Lost World]]'' based on a [[The Lost World (Doyle novel)|book]] by [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]
* Marguerite, the heroine of [[Gounod]]'s opera ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]''
* Marguerite Baker, an antagonist and member of the [[Baker family]] in the horror video game ''[[Resident Evil 7: Biohazard]]''
* [[List of Trailer Park Boys characters|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"
* Margarita, main protagonist and heroine of [[Mikhail Bulgakov]]'s novel [[The Master and Margarita]].

== See also ==

* [[Magritte]]
* [[Margueritte]]
* [[Marguerite (disambiguation)]]

== References ==

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