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Margrethe (female)

Variants:Margaret (F) Margarete (F) Margarethe (F) Märta (F) Mereta (F) Merete (F) Mette (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

German and Danish form of Margaret [q.v.], from Greek or Persian "pearl".
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