Marge is a feminine given name, a shortened form of

Marjorie Marjorie is a female given name derived from Margaret (name), Margaret, which means pearl. It can also be spelled as Margery (name), Margery, Marjory or Margaery. Marjorie is a medieval variant of Margery, influenced by the name of the herb marjor ...

Margot Margot ( , ) is a feminine given name, a French language, French diminutive of Marguerite (given name), Marguerite that has long been used as an independent name. Variant spellings in use include Margo (given name), Margo and Margaux (name), Margaux ...

Margaret Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Iranian languages, Old Iranian. It has been an English language, English name since the 11th century, and remained popular thro ...

. Notable Marges include:

People

Marge (cartoonist) Marjorie Henderson Buell (née Marjorie Lyman Henderson, December 11, 1904 – May 30, 1993) was an American cartoonist who worked under the pen name Marge. She was best known as the creator of ''Little Lulu''. Early life Marjorie Lyman Hender ...

(1904–1993), pen name of Marjorie Henderson Buell, American cartoonist *

Marge Anderson Marjorie Ann "Marge" (née Davis) Anderson (April 21, 1932 – June 29, 2013) was an Ojibwe Elder and politician for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, located in east-central Minnesota. Biography Mille Lacs Band Elder Marge Anderson was born on t ...

(1932–2013), Ojibwe Elder and politician for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe * Marge Anthony (1935–2013), Canadian broadcaster and media executive * Marge Bishop (1910–1960), New Zealand cricketer * Marge Burns (1925–2009), American golfer * Marge Calhoun (1926–2017), American surfer *

Marge Callaghan Margaret Callaghan Maxwell (December 23, 1921 – January 11, 2019) was an infielder who played from 1944 to 1951 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 112 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.

(1921–2019), American baseball player * Marge Carey (1938–2012), trade unionist and served as President of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) from 1997 to 2006 * Marge Chadderdon (born 1937), Republican Idaho State Representative *

Marge Champion Marjorie Celeste Champion ( Belcher; September 2, 1919October 21, 2020) was an American dancer and actress. At fourteen, she was hired as a dance model for Walt Disney Studios animated films. Later, she performed as an actress and dancer in film ...

(1919–2020), American dancer and choreographer *

Marge Ellis Marjory Ellis (10 August 1926 – 30 December 2021) was a South African international lawn bowler and national team manager. Bowls career Ellis won a silver medal in the fours as an injury replacement bowler, when called in from her managers po ...

(1926–2021), South African lawn bowler * Marge Frantz (1922–2015), American activist and women's studies academic *

Marge Hurlbert Marge is a feminine given name, a shortened form of Marjorie, Margot or Margaret. Notable Marges include: People * Marge (cartoonist) (1904–1993), pen name of Marjorie Henderson Buell, American cartoonist *Marge Anderson (1932–2013), Ojibwe E ...

, American aviator *

Marge Kõrkjas Marge Kõrkjas (born 8 May 1974) is an Estonian Paralympic swimmer with a vision impairment, who has won seven medals at four Paralympics. Competitive career Born in Rakvere, Kõrkjas first participated at the Paralympics at the 1992 Barcelona ...

(born 1974), Estonian Paralympic swimmer *

Marge Kotlisky Marge Kotlisky (February 19, 1927 - December 2, 1997) was an American actress. She died in 1997 of cancer. Filmography *''My Bodyguard'' (1980) *''Thief'' (1981) *''Sixteen Candles'' (1984) *''Sable'' (unknown episodes, 1987) *'' Major League' ...

(1927–1997), American actress * Marge Organo, Filipina glass artist *

Marge Ostroushko Marjorie "Marge" Ostroushko (born March 14, 1951) is a public radio producer. Early life Ostroushko was born and raised in upstate New York. In 1973, she graduated from Wittenberg University with a Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies and E ...

(born 1951), public radio producer * Marge Petty, American politician *

Marge Piercy Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is an American progressive activist, feminist, and writer. Her work includes '' Woman on the Edge of Time''; '' He, She and It'', which won the 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and ''Gone to Soldiers'', a ''New ...

(born 1936), American poet, novelist, and social activist *

Marge Ragona Marge Ragona (born Marjorie Ragona in 1929 in New York City) is a religious leader and LGBT rights activist. Biography Ragona was a nurse who worked for many years at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, then moved to New Orleans in the 1960s to ...

, religious politician *

Marge Redmond Marjorie Redmond (December 14, 1924 – February 10, 2020) was an American actress and singer. Early life Marjorie Redmond was born in Cleveland, Ohio in December 1924 and was raised in Lakewood by J.V. Redmond, a fire chief, and his wife, Mar ...

(1924–2020), American actress and singer *

Marge Roukema Margaret "Marge" Ellen Roukema (née Scafati; September 19, 1929 – November 12, 2014) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 200 ...

(1929–2014), American politician *

Marge Schott Margaret Carolyn Schott (née Unnewehr; August 18, 1928 – March 2, 2004) was an American baseball executive. Serving as managing general partner, president and CEO of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999, she was ...

(1928–2004), American baseball team owner *

Marge Simon Marge Baliff Simon (born 1942) is an American artist and a writer of speculative poetry and fiction. Biography Early life Marge Simon was born in Bethesda, Maryland, but grew up in Boulder, Colorado. Education and career She received her ...

(born 1942), American artist and writer *

Marge Summit Marge Summit (September 3, 1935 – May 16, 2023) was an American LGBT activist. Career Summit was born in Chicago on September 3, 1935. Summit co-founded the city's Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Parents and Friends of Lesbians and ...

(1935–2023), American LGBT activist *

Marge Villa Margaret Villa-Cryan (December 21, 1924 – December 14, 2023) was an American baseball player who played as an utility player from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , , Villa batted and threw right-hand ...

(1924–2023), American utility player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Fictional characters

Marge Dursley The following is a list of characters from the ''Harry Potter'' series. Each character appears in at least one ''Harry Potter''–related book or story by J. K. Rowling. These books and stories include the seven original ''Harry Potter'' nove ...

, in the Harry Potter series *

Marge Green Marge Green (credited as Brown Owl in her first appearance) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Pat Coombs.

, on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Marge Gunderson, from the 1996 film "Fargo" *

Marge Simpson Marjorie Jacqueline "Marge" Simpson () is a character in the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' and part of the eponymous family (The Simpsons). Voiced by Julie Kavner, she first appeared on television in '' The Tracey Ullman Show'' s ...

, on the animated series ''The Simpsons'' * Marge Thompson in ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' {{given name English-language feminine given names Feminine given names Given names derived from gemstones