Marguerite (given name)

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". It is also a French name for the ox-eye daisy flower. Those with the name include:

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 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 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 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
 * 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
 * Marguerite Perey (1909–1975), French physicist
 * Marguerite Pindling (born 1932), Governor-General of the Bahamas beginning 2014
 * 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

As a given name

 * 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, 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 based on a book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
 * Marguerite, the heroine of Gounod's opera Faust
 * Marguerite Baker, an antagonist and member of the Baker family in the horror video game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
 * 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"

As a surname

 * Saison Marguerite, a supporting character in the web series The Most Popular Girls in School
 * Tomoe Marguerite, in the anime and manga My-Otome