Marita
Meaning and origin
First recorded in Sweden in 1880. From Norwegian Marita, by folk etymology confused with Maria and Marta.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Marita (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Marita has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2017. 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 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 12 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 4 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 9,081 |
| 2000 | 9,092 |
| 2001 | 9,141 |
| 2002 | 9,155 |
| 2003 | 9,268 |
| 2004 | 9,298 |
| 2005 | 9,198 |
| 2006 | 9,203 |
| 2007 | 9,178 |
| 2008 | 9,258 |
| 2009 | 9,252 |
| 2010 | 9,240 |
| 2011 | 9,219 |
| 2012 | 9,185 |
| 2013 | 9,170 |
| 2014 | 9,136 |
| 2015 | 9,100 |
| 2016 | 9,064 |
| 2017 | 9,030 |
| 2018 | 8,967 |
| 2019 | 8,907 |
| 2020 | 8,838 |
Marita in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Marita.Hi! My name is Marita.
- Marita bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Marita lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Marita i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Marita this afternoon.
- Maritas mamma är lärare.Marita's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Maritas mamma is Marita's mum.
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Questions about Marita
How do you pronounce Marita in Swedish?
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What does the name Marita mean?
First recorded in Sweden in 1880. From Norwegian Marita, by folk etymology confused with Maria and Marta.
How popular is Marita in Sweden?
4 babies were named Marita in 2022. In 2020, 8,838 people in Sweden had Marita as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2017 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.