Märit
Meaning and origin
Variant of Märta, a contraction of Margareta (“Margaret”).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Märit (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 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 739 |
| 2000 | 736 |
| 2001 | 726 |
| 2002 | 720 |
| 2003 | 710 |
| 2004 | 705 |
| 2005 | 698 |
| 2006 | 691 |
| 2007 | 684 |
| 2008 | 681 |
| 2009 | 672 |
| 2010 | 668 |
| 2011 | 652 |
| 2012 | 646 |
| 2013 | 633 |
| 2014 | 626 |
| 2015 | 613 |
| 2016 | 606 |
| 2017 | 595 |
| 2018 | 577 |
| 2019 | 567 |
| 2020 | 555 |
Märit in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Märit.Hi! My name is Märit.
- Märit ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Märit called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Märit har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Märit has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Märits mamma är lärare.Märit's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Märits mamma is Märit's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Märit
How do you pronounce Märit in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Märit from a native speaker's recording. Ä is close to the e in 'bed'.
What does the name Märit mean?
Variant of Märta, a contraction of Margareta (“Margaret”).
How popular is Märit in Sweden?
2 babies were named Märit in 2022. In 2020, 555 people in Sweden had Märit 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.