Margit
Meaning and origin
A vernacular form of Margareta. First recorded in Sweden around 1400.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Margit (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Margit has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 11 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 15 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2022 | 10 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 20,637 |
| 2000 | 19,786 |
| 2001 | 18,890 |
| 2002 | 17,921 |
| 2003 | 17,003 |
| 2004 | 16,109 |
| 2005 | 15,202 |
| 2006 | 14,343 |
| 2007 | 13,501 |
| 2008 | 12,640 |
| 2009 | 11,793 |
| 2010 | 11,000 |
| 2011 | 10,262 |
| 2012 | 9,490 |
| 2013 | 8,828 |
| 2014 | 8,250 |
| 2015 | 7,597 |
| 2016 | 7,014 |
| 2017 | 6,467 |
| 2018 | 5,954 |
| 2019 | 5,489 |
| 2020 | 5,006 |
Margit in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Margit.Hi! My name is Margit.
- Margit bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Margit lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Margit kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Margit is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Margits mamma är lärare.Margit's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Margits mamma is Margit's mum.
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Questions about Margit
How do you pronounce Margit in Swedish?
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What does the name Margit mean?
A vernacular form of Margareta. First recorded in Sweden around 1400.
How popular is Margit in Sweden?
10 babies were named Margit in 2022. In 2020, 5,006 people in Sweden had Margit as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2020 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
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.