Berit
See also: berit
Danish
Proper noun
Berit
- a female given name, variant of Birgitta or Birgitte
Estonian
Etymology
Proper noun
Berit
- a female given name
Faroese
Proper noun
Berit f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Berit: Beritarson
- daughter of Berit: Beritardóttir
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Berit |
| accusative | Berit |
| dative | Berit |
| genitive | Beritar |
Norwegian
Etymology
Contraction of Birgitte (“Bridget”).
Proper noun
Berit
- a female given name
- 2021 October 8, Jon Henley and Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize”, in The Guardian[1] (in English):
- Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.
Usage notes
- One of the most popular given names in Norway since the 17th century.
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 19 214 females with the given name Berit living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Berit c (genitive Berits)
- a female given name, a dialectal variant of Birgitta