Marita
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed in the late 19th century from Norwegian Marita. By folk etymology, explained as a Spanish diminutive of Maria, by analogy with Anita.
Proper noun[edit]
Marita
- A female given name from Ancient Greek occasionally used in English.
Anagrams[edit]
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Marita f
- a female given name
Usage notes[edit]
Matronymics
- son of Marita: Marituson
- daughter of Marita: Maritudóttir
Declension[edit]
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Marita |
Accusative | Maritu |
Dative | Maritu |
Genitive | Maritu |
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First recorded in Finland in 1860. From Norwegian Marita. By folk etymology often interpreted as a variant of Maria.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Marita
- 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.
- —So what kind of music does Väinö's Maria like?
Usage notes[edit]
- Popular in the mid-twentieth century.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Marita (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Marita | Maritat | ||
genitive | Maritan | Maritoiden Maritoitten Maritojen | ||
partitive | Maritaa | Maritoita Maritoja | ||
illative | Maritaan | Maritoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Marita | Maritat | ||
accusative | nom. | Marita | Maritat | |
gen. | Maritan | |||
genitive | Maritan | Maritoiden Maritoitten Maritojen Maritainrare | ||
partitive | Maritaa | Maritoita Maritoja | ||
inessive | Maritassa | Maritoissa | ||
elative | Maritasta | Maritoista | ||
illative | Maritaan | Maritoihin | ||
adessive | Maritalla | Maritoilla | ||
ablative | Maritalta | Maritoilta | ||
allative | Maritalle | Maritoille | ||
essive | Maritana | Maritoina | ||
translative | Maritaksi | Maritoiksi | ||
abessive | Maritatta | Maritoitta | ||
instructive | — | Maritoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- Marita is the 128th 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.
Anagrams[edit]
Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Norwegian Marita.
Proper noun[edit]
Marita f
- a female given name
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- 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.
Norwegian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latinate form of Marit, from Margareta (“Margaret”). Recorded in Norway since the 15th century.
Proper noun[edit]
Marita
- a female given name
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First recorded in Sweden in 1880. From Norwegian Marita, by folk etymology confused with Maria and Marta.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Marita c (genitive Maritas)
- a female given name
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- English uncountable nouns
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- English female given names from Ancient Greek
- Faroese terms derived from Norwegian
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Faroese/ɛaːɹɪta
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Finnish terms derived from Norwegian
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑritɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑritɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish katiska-type nominals
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