Berit

Rate this name:

4.40

(15 votes)

Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Short form of Berita and Berite (see Berita) ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

Related Names

Beerit	♀
Berit	♀
Berith	♀
Beritt	♀
Berrit	♀
Berrith	♀

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Beritarson

Female

Beritardóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Berit
Genitive:	Berits

- Faroese
Nominative:	Berit
Accusative:	Berit
Dative:	Berit
Genitive:	Beritar

- Finnish
Nominative:	Berit
Genitive:	Beritin
Partitive:	Beritiä

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Berit
Accusative:	Berit
Dative:	Berit
Genitive:	Beritar

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Berit
Genitive:	Berits

- Swedish
Nominative:	Berit
Genitive:	Berits

Name Days

Norway Norway

7 October

Finland (Swedish Language)

1 February

Sweden Sweden

13 October

Further Information

Iceland: Officially approved as a given name ^[9]
Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name ^[10]

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway:
- 16th century ^[2]
- 18th century ^[11] (?)
Denmark:
- 17th century ^[6] ^[11]
Sweden:
- 1833 (Åre, Jämtland) ^[12]
- 1880 ^[1] ^[5]
- 19th century ^[11]
Iceland:
- 1921-1930 ^[11]

Strongest Period of Usage

Sweden:
- 1930-1949 ^[5]
- 1930-1959 ^[13]
Denmark:
- 1950-1970 ^[7]
- 1960-1979 ^[6]

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden:
- Dalarna ^[1]
- Västsverige ^[13]
Norway:
- Austlandet (after the Protestant Reformation) ^[2]
- Nordafjells (after the Protestant Reformation) ^[2]
Denmark:
- Sjælland ^[6]
- København ^[6]
- Lolland-Falster ^[6]
- Fyn ^[6]
- Jylland ^[6]

Trivia

Sweden: In January 1973, 35962 people were named Berit (percentage of first or only given name: 73 %) ^[13]

Berit was a heavy storm in Norway and Sweden in November 2011.
Berit is an IKEA product name (fabric) ^[14]
Berit was name of the week on Nordic Names in week 6-2021

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.

Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[15]	16676	27024	16676	27024	0	0
Denmark^[16]	5024	n.a.	5024	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland^[17]	n.a.	2382	n.a.	2382	0	0
Iceland^[18]	5	10	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway^[19]	16577	n.a.	16577	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland^[20]	0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
^#: count of main first name only
^&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Berit (f) Sources: ^[15]^[16]^[19]^[17]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Berit (f) Sources: ^[21]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Berit (f)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 ^6.7 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
↑ Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1880
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
↑ IKEA 2016, http://www.ikea.com/
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
↑ details see Name Statistic tables

[ott-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[nper-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[sei1-3] Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)

[dah-4] Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)

[bry-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[mel-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 ^6.7 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)

[ler-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)

[vil-8] Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)

[island.is-9] Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is

[fmn.fo-10] Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)

[kva-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)

[sb1880-12] Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1880

[all-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)

[ik16-14] IKEA 2016, http://www.ikea.com/

[scb.se-15] 15.0 ^15.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[dst.dk-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[vrf.fi-17] 17.0 ^17.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[hag.is-18] Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/

[ssb.no-19] 19.0 ^19.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

[stat.gl-20] Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/

[21] tails see Name Statistic tables

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]