Margie

Margie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “pearl”
Origin: English
Say it: MAR-jee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Margie is a diminutive of Margaret or Marjorie. The base name ultimately comes from Greek margarites, meaning 'pearl.'

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How popular is Margie?

20245.4 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Margie in 202418

Peak year1922

Total US babies since 1880106,389

Margie is steady now but far below its 1922 peak.

Names like Margie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Margaretpearl · Greek
Maisiepearl · Scottish
Maggiepearl · English
Meganpearl · Welsh
Margopearl · Greek
Marjoriepearl · Greek
Maisypearl · Scottish Gaelic
Gretapearl · Germanic

Margie questions

What does the name Margie mean?

Margie means "pearl". It comes from English. Margie is a diminutive of Margaret or Marjorie. The base name ultimately comes from Greek margarites, meaning 'pearl.'

Is Margie a boy or girl name?

Margie is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Margie?

18 US babies were named Margie in 2024. Its peak year was 1922.

How do you pronounce Margie?

Margie is usually pronounced MAR-jee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.