Marit

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Female Name

Usage

Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Swedish younger form of Marghit ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Maarit	♀
Marið	♀
Marit	♀
Marrit	♀

See also Majt, Marita

Name Days

Faroe Islands

20 July

Norway

20 July

Finland (Swedish Language)

20 July

Sweden

6 May

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Marit
Accusative:	Marit
Dative:	Marit
Genitive:	Maritar

Further Information

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Dalarna, Norrland ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[3]		18263	27368	0	0
Sweden[4]		1539	2514	0	0
Denmark[5]		339	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[6]		n.a.	771	n.a	2
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[4][5][3][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[3]:

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [3] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi