Margherita is an Italian feminine given name. It also is a surname. As a word, in Italian it means "daisy". The name is related to Margaret.

Given name

As a name, it may refer to:

  • Margherita da Trento (anglicized as Margaret of Trent) companion of Fra Dolcino of Novara, leader of the heretical New Apostles (c. 2nd half of 1200s-1307)
  • Margherita Aldobrandini (1588–1646), Duchess consort of Parma
  • Margherita de' Medici (1612–1679), Duchess of Parma and Piacenza
  • Margherita Maria Farnese (1664–1718), Duchess of Modena and Reggio
  • Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma (1847–1893)
  • Margherita of Savoy (1851–1926), former Queen Consort of Italy and wife of Umberto I
  • Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1930–2022)
  • Margherita Bagni (1902–1960), Italian actress
  • Margherita Piazzola Beloch (1879–1976), Italian mathematician
  • Margherita Boniver (born 1938), Italian politician
  • Margherita Buy (born 1962), Italian actress
  • Margherita Caffi (1650–1710), Italian painter of still lifes
  • Margherita Carosio (1908–2005), Italian operatic soprano
  • Margherita Durastanti (fl. 1700–1734), Italian singer
  • Margherita Galeotti (1867–after 1912), Italian pianist and composer
  • Margherita Gargano (born 1952), Italian middle-distance runner
  • Margherita Gonzaga (disambiguation)
  • Margherita Granbassi (born 1979), Italian fencer
  • Margherita Grandi (1894–1972), Australian-born Italian soprano born Margaret Gard
  • Margherita Guidacci (1921–1992), Italian poet
  • Margherita Hack (1922–2013), Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer
  • Margherita Magnani (born 1987), Italian middle-distance runner
  • Margherita Roberti, American operatic soprano whose career began in 1948 and ended in 1988
  • Margherita Sarfatti (1880–1961), Italian journalist and mistress of Benito Mussolini
  • Margherita Taylor (born 1972), English TV and radio presenter
  • Margherita Zalaffi (born 1966), Italian fencer

Surname

  • Lesli Margherita, American actress
  • Pabitra Margherita, Indian politician

See also

  • Regina Margherita (disambiguation)
  • Santa Margherita (disambiguation)
  • Pizza Margherita
  • "Felicidad (Margherita)", a song
  • Margaret (name)
  • Margaret (disambiguation)
  • Margarita (disambiguation)

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