Marita

Borrowed in the late 19th century from Norwegian Marita. By folk etymology, explained as a Spanish diminutive of Maria, by analogy with Anita.

Marita

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek occasionally used in English.

• Amrita, Imatra, amrita, tamari

From Norwegian Marita.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛaːɹɪta/

  Rhymes: -ɛaːɹɪta

Marita f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Marita: Marituson
• daughter of Marita: Maritudóttir

First recorded in Finland in 1860. From Norwegian Marita. By folk etymology often interpreted as a variant of Maria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑritɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rit̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑritɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ma‧ri‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): Ma‧ri‧ta

Marita

1. a female given name
   • 2014, Marja Björk, Mustalaisäidin kehtolaulu, Like, →ISBN, page 59:

     —Minkälaisesta musiikista se Väinön Maria pitää?
     —Marita.
     En puhu tuolle mitään, kun ei edes nimeä muista, Marita ajatteli.

     —So what kind of music does Väinö's Maria like?
     —Marita.
     I won't talk to him, he can't even remember by name, Marita thought.

• Popular in the mid-twentieth century.

• Maritta

• Marita is the 128^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 5,517 female individuals (and as a middle name to 17,399 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Imatra, Maarit, raamit

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Norwegian Marita.

Marita f

1. a female given name

• Margarita

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Marita was the only given name of 1271 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Latinate form of Marit, from Margareta (“Margaret”). Recorded in Norway since the 15th century.

Marita

1. a female given name

First recorded in Sweden in 1880. From Norwegian Marita, by folk etymology confused with Maria and Marta.

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Marita c (genitive Maritas)

1. a female given name