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Character Name

Malgorzata

Meaning — Małgorzata is one of the most common Polish feminine names, the Polish form of Margaret, derived through Latin Margarita from ancient Greek margarites meaning "pearl." It has been used in Poland since the medieval period and is closely associated with Saint Margaret of Antioch. Its diminutive forms — Małgosia, Gosia, Gośka — are among the most recognizable in the Polish naming tradition.·Polish origin·Female·maw-goh-ZHAH-tah

Malgorzata Małgorzata carries centuries of Polish Catholic heritage as well as the literary weight of Bulgakov's magnificent Margarita — a woman of fierce love and absolute courage. Characters with this name in Polish fiction are often depicted as quietly extraordinary: ordinary women whose inner lives are far richer and more turbulent than their surfaces suggest.

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Famous characters named Malgorzata

Margarita

The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov

The fearless, devoted lover of the Master whose compact with the Devil to save her beloved drives one of the greatest works of twentieth-century Russian literature.


Variations & nicknames

MałgorzataMałgosiaGosiaGośkaGosieńka

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Malgorzata KowalskaMalgorzata NowakMalgorzata WiśniewskaMalgorzata JabłońskaMalgorzata WróbelMalgorzata Dąbrowska

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