Marit

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Female Name

Usage

Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Swedish younger form of Marghit ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

2) Norwegian younger form of Margrét ^[5] ^[3] ^[6] ^[7]

Related Names

Maarit	♀
Marið	♀
Marit	♀
Marít	♀
Marith	♀
Maritt	♀
Marrit	♀

See also Karit, Majt, Maret, Mâritse, Marita, Meerke

Combinations

For combinations see MARIT (name element)

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Maritarson

Female

Maritardóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Marit
Genitive:	Marits

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

- Finnish
Nominative:	Marit
Genitive:	Maritin
Partitive:	Maritia

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

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Marit
Genitive:	Marits

- Swedish
Nominative:	Marit
Genitive:	Marits

Name Days

Faroe Islands

20 July

Norway Norway

20 July

Finland (Swedish Language)

20 July

Sweden Sweden

6 May

Further Information

Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name ^[8]

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway: 15th century ^[5]
Iceland: Officially approved as a given name on 28 January 2007 ^[9]

Strongest Period of Usage

Norway:
- 1930-1965 ^[10]
- 1945-1955 ^[7]
- 1960-1965 ^[7]
Denmark:
- 1950s ^[6]

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden:
- Dalarna (20th century) ^[2]
- Norrland (20th century) ^[2]
- Värmland (19th century) see map ^[11]
- Dalarna (19th century) see map ^[11]
Norway:
- After the Protestant Reformation:
  - Trøndelag ^[5]
- Late 18th century:
  - Hedmark ^[5]
  - Oppland ^[5]
  - Møre og Romsdal ^[5]
  - Trøndelag ^[5]
  - Nord-Noreg ^[5]

Namesakes

Marit Bjørgen (born 21 March 1980), Norwegian cross-country skier

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[12]	1428	2394	1428	2394	0	0
Finland^[13]	n.a.	823	n.a.	823	0	0
Denmark^[14]	314	n.a.	314	n.a.	0	n.a.
Iceland^[15]	8	13	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland^[16]	0	3	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway^[10]	24472	n.a.	24472	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.

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Marit (f) Sources: ^[12]^[14]^[10]^[13]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Marit (f) Sources: ^[17]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Marit (f)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Marit (f) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Marit (f)

References

↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 ^5.7 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
↑ details see Name Statistic tables

[dah-1] Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)

[ott-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[bry-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[mel-4] Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)

[nper-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 ^5.7 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[ler-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)

[alh-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)

[fmn.fo-8] Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)

[island.is-9] Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is

[ssb.no-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

[nn1-11] 11.0 ^11.1 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)

[scb.se-12] 12.0 ^12.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[vrf.fi-13] 13.0 ^13.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[dst.dk-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[hag.is-15] Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/

[stat.gl-16] Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/

[17] tails see Name Statistic tables

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