Marit
Meaning and origin
A northern Swedish medieval contraction of Margit, from Margareta (“Margaret”).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Marit (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Marit has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2009. 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 | 2 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,589 |
| 2000 | 1,578 |
| 2001 | 1,563 |
| 2002 | 1,571 |
| 2003 | 1,570 |
| 2004 | 1,572 |
| 2005 | 1,567 |
| 2006 | 1,560 |
| 2007 | 1,547 |
| 2008 | 1,543 |
| 2009 | 1,541 |
| 2010 | 1,539 |
| 2011 | 1,534 |
| 2012 | 1,529 |
| 2013 | 1,520 |
| 2014 | 1,504 |
| 2015 | 1,497 |
| 2016 | 1,477 |
| 2017 | 1,461 |
| 2018 | 1,451 |
| 2019 | 1,440 |
| 2020 | 1,428 |
Marit in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Marit.Hi! My name is Marit.
- Har du träffat Marit? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Marit? She started working here on Monday.
- Marit har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Marit has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Marits mamma är lärare.Marit's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Marits mamma is Marit's mum.
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Questions about Marit
How do you pronounce Marit in Swedish?
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What does the name Marit mean?
A northern Swedish medieval contraction of Margit, from Margareta (“Margaret”).
How popular is Marit in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Marit in 2022. In 2020, 1,428 people in Sweden had Marit as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2009 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.