Marita

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Female Name

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Variant form of Marit ^{[1] [2] [3]}

2) Spanish and Italian pet form of Maria ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Marihttá	♀
Marita	♀
Maritha	♀
Maritta	♀

See also Marta, Rita

Name Days

Faroe Islands

27 July

Finland

15 August

Norway

27 July

Finland (Swedish Language)

15 August

Sweden

22 October

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Marita
Accusative:	Maritu
Dative:	Maritu
Genitive:	Maritu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Finland: 1860 ^[2]
Sweden: 1891 ^[2]

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Southern Sweden ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		9240	18064	0	0
Norway[5]		3701	4442	0	0
Denmark[6]		170	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[7]		n.a.	28445	0	0
#: 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][6][5][7]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[5]:

Sources: ^{[4] [6] [5] [7]}

References

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