Old Persian MARGARITA (=pearl) ➡️​ Greek MARGARITES (=pearl) ➡️​ Ancient Hebrew MARGALIT (=pearl)

There are dozens (hundreds?) of variations of the given name in various languages around the world, most of which were directly borrowed from Persian, Greek or Latin; including #Marjorie, #Margaretha, #Marjit, #Máiréad, #Megan, #Gretchen, #Rita, etc.

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