Given name · also Norwegian
Máret
Máret is a feminine given name from Norwegian, ultimately from Swedish. It is used in Inari Sami and Northern Sami.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Máret comes from Norwegian, and ultimately from Swedish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Máret developed from Marit.
Máret’s family of names
Máret developed from the Swedish form Marit. Máret has a conventional equivalent in the English form Margaret. Máret has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Margarita.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Máret has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Swedish roots to each of them.
Swedishwhere Máret comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Máret
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Máret, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Maarit
“resembling a pearl” · “the child of light”
1% boys · 99% girls
Malmquist
“ore” · “twig”
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Mankell
Mankell is a surname from Swedish. It is used in English and Swedish.
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Malmgren
“ore” · “branch”
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Maybrit
Maybrit is a feminine given name. It is used in Danish and Norwegian.
>99% girls
Mariitta
Mariitta is a feminine given name from Swedish. It is used in Finnish.
>99% girls
Mággá
Mággá is a feminine given name from Norwegian, ultimately from Swedish. It is used in Northern Sami.
>99% girls
Malmberg
“ore” · “mountain”
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