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Female Name
Usage
Finnish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Faroese
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Origin and Meaning
Nordic spelling of Carita [1] [2]
Related Names
See Carita
Male
Karituson
|
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Female
Karitudóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Karita
|
Genitive: |
Karitas
|
- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Karita
|
Accusative: |
Karitu
|
Dative: |
Karitu
|
Genitive: |
Karitu
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Karita
|
Genitive: |
Karitan
|
Partitive: |
Karitaa
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Karita
|
Genitive: |
Karitas
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Karita
|
Genitive: |
Karitas
|
Name Day
Finland
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17 February
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Karita Bekkemellem (born 15 January 1965), Norwegian politician
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 155 people were named Karita (percentage of first or only given name: 36 %) [6]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Finland[7] |
|
n.a. |
2752 |
n.a. |
2752 |
0 |
0 |
Sweden[8] |
|
119 |
274 |
119 |
274 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[9] |
|
5 |
n.a. |
5 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Norway[10] |
|
105 |
n.a. |
105 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[11] |
|
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: 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. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Karita.
References
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn,
http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ Danish Family Search, https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk
- ↑ Digitalarkivet at arkivverket.no, http://www.arkivverket.no
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/