What is the correct spelling for Margareet?

butterbeansmama · September 2009

Pronounced: Marg ar "eat".

Is it: Margareate, Margareet, Margarete?

Anyone know?

btw: I think it's either Scottish or Irish.

tia

LittleMamaB · September 2009

I've always thought it was French and spelled Marguerite.

butterbeansmama · September 2009

LittleMamaB:
I've always thought it was French and spelled Marguerite.

There may be a version that is French, but dh's mom was Irish (actually born there) and this was her middle name. She passed away when he was 18 and I can't find anything that has her middle name spelled out. His dad is now passed away too, so I can't even ask him :-(

I do like the French spelling though. :-)

Carrot303 · September 2009

I've only ever seen it spelled Marguerite.

Brooke208 · September 2009

Check here!

https://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Margarite

bigapplemommy · September 2009

It's either Margarite or Marguerite

EmmaRain · September 2009

Carrot303:
I've only ever seen it spelled Marguerite.

Ditto. I think of the character with the same name in the movie "Ever After."

ara4488 · September 2009

butterbeansmama:
LittleMamaB:
I've always thought it was French and spelled Marguerite.

There may be a version that is French, but dh's mom was Irish (actually born there) and this was her middle name. She passed away when he was 18 and I can't find anything that has her middle name spelled out. His dad is now passed away too, so I can't even ask him :-(

I do like the French spelling though. :-)

Even though your DH's mother was Irish, the name Marguerite is French in origin - the French form of the name Margaret.

anna7602 · September 2009

bigapplemommy:
It's either Margarite or Marguerite

I've seen it commonly as Marguerite. Margarite makes me think someone meant to write "Margarita" (the Spanish version of this name), but spelled it wrong by mistake.