At least a dozen men have laid claim to having invented and given their girlfriend’s name—Margarita—to the cocktail made from tequila, Triple Sec, and lime juice; not wanting to disbelieve any of them, I assume they all had girlfriends named Margarita and that they all invented the drink’s recipe independently. Although people remember drinking this cocktail as far back as the 1930s, its name did not appear in print until 1965. Since the 1920s, however, Margarita has also been used as the name of a Spanish wine. Like the word margarine, the name Margarita and its English counterpart Margaret derive from the Greek margaron, meaning pearl.