Danish

Alternative forms

• Margrete

Proper noun

Margrethe

1. A female given name, cognate with English Margaret. A royal name in Denmark.

Related terms

• Grete, Grethe, Margit, Merete, Mette, Rita

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 102 041 females with the given name Margrethe, mostly as a second given name, have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Norwegian

Alternative forms

• Margrete

Proper noun

Margrethe

1. A female given name, cognate to Margaret.

Related terms

• Grete, Grethe, Margareta, Margit, Marit, Merete, Mette, Rita.