Margit

A cool pearl of a name, Margit is the Scandinavian and Central European sister of Margaret, which traces to the Greek margarites, meaning pearl. In Danish, Norwegian, and Hungarian households it has the worn-in warmth of a grandmother's linen, the sort of name knit into family Bibles and embroidered pillowcases. The two clipped syllables give it a matter-of-fact charm, neither frilly nor severe. It never climbed the American charts, which is part of its appeal now: a quietly sophisticated choice with Nordic folk-tale undertones. Margit wears practicality and poetry in the same breath.