Marit

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Marit is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name5.0K records spelled Marit2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden, Netherlands

  Also written Märit

• French given name2.7K records spelled Marit3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Norway, Netherlands, United States

  Also written Märit, Mârît

• a separate given name1.2K records spelled Marit3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Norway, India, Netherlands

  Also written Märit, Mariț

• Hindi given name706 records spelled Marit2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, India, Netherlands, United States

  Also written Mãrït

• Russian given name329 records spelled Marit9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Norway, Netherlands

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Марит, Маріт, Märit

• Thai given name279 records spelled Marit172 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Norway, Netherlands

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written มารุต, มาศ, มรุต, มะริด, มาตรี

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Marit is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• A man having

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

• Norwegian and Swedish: vernacular form of MARGARET .

  as a word

• In Estonian, a female given name, equivalent to English Margaret

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Hungarian, accusative singular of Mari

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Finnish, nominative plural of Mari

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 81 years between 1945–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Marit Henieb. 1925NONorwegian figure skater
• Marit Allenb. 1941GBEnglish fashion journalist and costume designer (1941-2007)
• Anne Marit Jacobsenb. 1946NONorwegian actress
• Marit van Eupenb. 1969NLDutch rower
• Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norwayb. 1973NOwife of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
• Marit Velle Kileb. 1978NOactress
• Marit Bjørgenb. 1980NONorwegian female cross-country skier
• Marit Larsenb. 1983NONorwegian singer and songwriter (born 1983)
• Marit Bouwmeesterb. 1988NLDutch yacht racer
• Marit Røsberg Jacobsenb. 1994NONorwegian handball player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 418 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marit?

We estimate roughly 38 thousand people bear Marit (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Marit have the most bearers?

We estimate about 23 thousand people bear Marit in Norway, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled marit.

Where is Marit most common?

Marit is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 243 people carrying it.

How common is Marit compared with other names?

In Norway, Marit is the 17th most common given name of 38,312 given names recorded there.

Is Marit a male or female name?

Marit is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Marit mean?

Recorded meaning: Marit är en skandinavisk form av → Margareta.