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Margaret

Name origin: German

Name meaning: Little pearl

Schlegel

Name origin: German

Name meaning: from Middle High German slegel ‘hammer’, ‘tool for striking’ (Old High German slegil, a derivative of slahan ‘to strike’), hence a metonymic occupational name for a smith or mason, or a nickname for a forceful person.

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