Marita

Where Marita comes from

Borrowed in the late 19th century from Norwegian Marita. By folk etymology, explained as a Spanish diminutive of Maria, by analogy with Anita.
— Wiktionary's entry for Marita
  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Marita through the years
  1. 1901
    First appearance
    #1,466 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1938
    Peak, #764
    83 babies named Marita, its best rank.
  3. 1970
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,017.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek occasionally used in English.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Marita in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.