Majbritt
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a less common spelling of Maj-Britt.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Majbritt (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 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 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 | 1,268 |
| 2000 | 1,250 |
| 2001 | 1,236 |
| 2002 | 1,211 |
| 2003 | 1,181 |
| 2004 | 1,155 |
| 2005 | 1,131 |
| 2006 | 1,103 |
| 2007 | 1,077 |
| 2008 | 1,044 |
| 2009 | 1,010 |
| 2010 | 974 |
| 2011 | 936 |
| 2012 | 894 |
| 2013 | 851 |
| 2014 | 810 |
| 2015 | 764 |
| 2016 | 726 |
| 2017 | 685 |
| 2018 | 653 |
| 2019 | 617 |
| 2020 | 568 |
Majbritt in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Majbritt.Hi! My name is Majbritt.
- Majbritt har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Majbritt has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Majbritt i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Majbritt this afternoon.
- Majbritts mamma är lärare.Majbritt's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Majbritts mamma is Majbritt's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Majbritt
How do you pronounce Majbritt in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Majbritt from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Majbritt mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a less common spelling of Maj-Britt.
How popular is Majbritt in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Majbritt in 2022. In 2020, 568 people in Sweden had Majbritt 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.