Margareeta

Margareeta is a Finnish and Estonian feminine name derived ultimately from the ancient Greek Margaritēs, meaning pearl, which itself traces back to a Persian loanword. The name reached Scandinavia and the Baltic region through Latin Margarita and its medieval European variants, carried in part by the veneration of Saint Margaret of Antioch. Margareeta represents a regionalized spelling adapted to Finnish and Estonian phonology, sitting alongside the more common forms Margareeta shares lineage with, including Margareta, Margit, and Maaret.