English Explanatory Dictionary

Marita

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek occasionally used in English.

Word forms

Marita

Etymology

Borrowed in the late 19th century from Norwegian Marita. By folk etymology, explained as a Spanish diminutive of Maria, by analogy with Anita.

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