Margaretha
Margaretha is the standard Dutch form of the feminine given name Margaret as well as a common form of it in Sweden. In daily life, many use a short form, like Gré, Greet, Greta, Grietje, Marga, Margo, Margot, Margreet, Margriet, and Meta. People with the name include:
- Margaretha, 17th-century Dutch soldier
- Margaretha von Bahr, Finnish ballerina and choreographer
- Margaretha van Bancken, Dutch publisher
- Margaretha Cornelia Boellaard, Dutch painter, lithographer and art collector
- Margaretha "Margreeth" de Boer, Dutch government minister
- Margaretha Byström, Swedish actress, writer and director
- Margaretha Coppier, Dutch noble and a heroine of the Dutch war of liberation
- Margaretha Donner, Swedish businessperson
- Margaretha Dros-Canters, Dutch hockey, badminton- and tennis player
- Margaretha Brita "Greta" Duréel, Swedish noble bank fraudster
- Margaretha Flesch, Beatified German Franciscan nun
- Margaretha E.C. "Caroline" de Fouw, Dutch cricketer
- Margaretha Cornelia "Greetje" Gaillard, Dutch swimmer
- Margaretha van Godewijk, Dutch poet and flower still life painter
- Margaretha H.M. Groeneveld, Dutch singer and television presenter known as Marcha or Marga bult
- Margaretha Guidone, Dutch-Belgian environmentalist
- Margaretha Haverman, Dutch flower still life painter
- Margaretha de Heer, Dutch genre and animal painter
- Margaretha Heijkenskjöld, Swedish traveler and a dress reformer
- Margaretha J.E. "Marga" Hoek, Dutch businesswoman
- Margaretha Hofmans, Dutch faith healer and confidante of Queen Juliana
- Margaretha van Holland, Countess of Holland and Hainaut
- Margaretha "Greta" Keller , Austrian-American cabaret singer and actress
- Margaretha Kirch, German astronomer
- Margaretha A.M. "Marga" Klompé, Dutch government minister
- Margaretha Krook, Swedish stage and film actress
- Margaretha Leenmans, Dutch poet and psychiatrist better known as M. Vasalis
- Margaretha Lind, Jordanian princess
- Margaretha Lindahl, Swedish curler
- Margaretha Loewensberg, Swiss architect
- Margaretha Antonia Marie Félicité of Luxembourg, Princess of Luxembourg and Liechtenstein
- Margaretha van Mechelen, Mistress of Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange
- Margaretha M.A. "Margriet" de Moor, Dutch pianist and writer of novels and essays
- Margaretha van Norden, Dutch swimmer
- Margaretha van Parma, Flemish Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1559 to 1567
- Margaretha "Marga" van Praag, Dutch journalist and television presenter
- Margaretha Reichardt, German textile artist, weaver, and graphic designer
- Margaretha Roosenboom, Dutch flower still life painter
- Margaretha Alexandrine von Rothschild, daughter of Baron Mayer Carl von Rothschild
- Barbara Margaretha "Meta" von Salis , Swiss feminist and historian
- Margaretha Sandra, Dutch Franco-Dutch War heroine
- Margaretha Seuerling, Swedish actress and theatre director
- Margaretha Sigfridsson, Swedish curler
- Margaretha C.A. "Margreeth" Smilde, Dutch CDA politician
- Margaretha E. "Margriet" Tindemans, Dutch musician, specializing in medieval music
- Margaretha Maria "Gretha" Tromp, Dutch sprinter and hurdler
- Margaretha af Ugglas, Swedish government minister
- Margaretha van Valckenburch, Dutch shipowner, only female stockholder of the Dutch East India Company
- Margaretha von Waldeck, German noble, possible inspiration for Snow White
- Margaretha Wulfraet, Dutch painter
- Margaretha Geertruida "Grietje" Zelle, Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan executed by France
- Margaretha Zetterberg, Finnish textile and handcrafts worker