Berit

See also: berit

Danish

Proper noun

Berit

  1. a female given name, variant of Birgitta or Birgitte

Estonian

Etymology

From Swedish Berit.

Proper noun

Berit

  1. a female given name

Faroese

Proper noun

Berit f

  1. 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

  1. 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)

  1. a female given name, a dialectal variant of Birgitta

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