Given name
Maarit
“resembling a pearl”·“the child of light”
Maarit is a variant of Margaret. Interpretations include “resembling a pearl” and “the child of light”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maarit is a variant of Margaret. Interpretations include “resembling a pearl” and “the child of light”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Maarit is a short form of Margareetta. In Finnish usage, Maarit developed from Marit.
Maarit’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Maarit is a short form of Margareetta. In Finnish usage, Maarit developed from the Swedish form Marit. Maarit has a related form in Margaret.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Maarit has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Swedish roots to each of them.
Swedishwhere Maarit comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MargaritaSpanish
- Meritequivalent
- Merritequivalent
- Maritroot · Swedish
- MargareteGerman
- Meretequivalent
- Mereteequivalent
- Märitequivalent
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People named Maarit
- Maarit HurmerintaFinnish singerborn 1953
- Maarit KallioFinnish judokaborn 1975
- Maarit LalliFinnish film directorborn 1964
- Maarit Feldt-RantaFinnish politician1968–2019
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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“ore” · “branch”
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