Berit
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a dialectal variant of Birgitta.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Berit (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 23,024 |
| 2000 | 22,867 |
| 2001 | 22,711 |
| 2002 | 22,545 |
| 2003 | 22,351 |
| 2004 | 22,126 |
| 2005 | 21,919 |
| 2006 | 21,717 |
| 2007 | 21,514 |
| 2008 | 21,291 |
| 2009 | 21,034 |
| 2010 | 20,776 |
| 2011 | 20,490 |
| 2012 | 20,188 |
| 2013 | 19,842 |
| 2014 | 19,490 |
| 2015 | 19,103 |
| 2016 | 18,664 |
| 2017 | 18,202 |
| 2018 | 17,706 |
| 2019 | 17,240 |
| 2020 | 16,676 |
Berit in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Berit.Hi! My name is Berit.
- Berit ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Berit called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Vet du om Berit kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Berit is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Berits mamma är lärare.Berit's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Berits mamma is Berit's mum.
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Questions about Berit
How do you pronounce Berit in Swedish?
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What does the name Berit mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a dialectal variant of Birgitta.
How popular is Berit in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Berit in 2022. In 2020, 16,676 people in Sweden had Berit as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.