What is "margules"

Margules is a surname that, like its variants shown below, is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word מרגליות ( Israeli Hebrew [maɹgali'jot]), meaning 'pearls,' and may refer to:

• Ludwik Margules, film director
• Max Margules, Austrian scholar
• De Hirsh Margules, Romanian-American painter