Female first name (German, Scandinavian, Slavic): Margaret, the pearl, taken as a name from the Latin into German;; ancient Greek (14 helpers); Margarites = the Pearl (Old High German) in the Middle Ages, spread by the name of the Saint. Margaret of Antioch (3rd and 4th centuries) and the Greek word 'Margarites' is perhaps originally from the Persian with the meaning 'child of light' (according to the presentation of the pearl as a dew-drop, which was changed by moonlight)
