How to write “Margaret” in Korean
마거릿 ma-geo-rit
What Korean friends call you
- 마거릿아 ma-geo-ri-sa — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 마거릿 씨 ma-geo-rit-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Margaret
- 마거릿 89 (85%)
- 마가렛 16 (15%)
Korean labels of 105 people named Margaret on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Margaret, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Margaret Thatcher — 마거릿 대처
- Margaret Mitchell — 마거릿 미첼
- Margaret Mead — 마거릿 미드
- Margaret Hamilton — 마거릿 해밀턴
233,519 babies were named Margaret in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 196th most common name.
Block by block
- 마 = ㅁ + ㅏ · 5 strokes
Also in 마: Michael 마이클 · Emma 엠마 · Jeremiah 제러마이아
- 거 = ㄱ + ㅓ · 3 strokes
Also in 거: Edgar 에드거 · August 오거스트
- 릿 = ㄹ + ㅣ + ㅅ · 6 strokes
마거릿 takes 14 strokes in all.
More names: Larry 래리 · Erica 에리카 · April 에이프릴 · Robin 로빈 · Monica 모니카
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