♀ Name Marita

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Marita is a ♀ girl’s name.

What is the origin of the name Marita?

Marita is a feminine form of the Latin masculine name Maritus. Besides, it is a Scandinavian name, that derived from Marit. Marita also occurs in Spanish and Aramaic as a form of Maria.

What does the name Marita mean?

In Latin, Marita means “wife” or “married” (from “maritus” = husband) and “dedicated to Marius“. In Scandinavian, Marita means “pearl”. Besides, Marita has the meanings “sea of bitterness”, “drop of the sea”, “star of the sea”, “rebelliousness”, “exalted one”, “beloved” and “wished for child” (from Maria).

Marita, a name with many faces

Mysterious and multifaceted – that is the name Marita. One thing is clear: If you want to choose a name that has international potential, you are exactly right with Marita. So, where does the name Marita come from? This question is not that easy to answer. With its linguistic origins in Latin, Scandinavian, Spanish and Aramaic, your little Marita is at home in many countries. As diverse as the origins of this name are also its spellings: In addition to Marita, the name can also be spelled Marida, Maritha or Maritta. How about a Scandinavian girl’s name as a middle name? You can choose from the following middle name combinations: Marita Linnea, Marita Solveig, Marita Smilla or Marita Alva.

Famous women named Marita

• She is the mother of the aspiring Norwegian soccer star Erling Braut Haaland: Gry Marita Braut. Erling is a prolific goal scorer. Mom Gry Marita was an active athlete herself: in her youth she was the Norwegian champion in pentathlon. The entire family is professionally involved in sports, which also helped Erling to his meteoric career.
• Marita Geraghty is an American actress born in 1962 in Chicago, Illinois. Her career was the most active in the 80ies and 90ies, a time period where she was also married to actor Michael Maguire. The couple divorced in 2001. Marita’s most famous role may be as Nancy Taylor in the movie “Groundhog Day” (1993), featuring Bill Murray. In “Sleeping with the Enemy” (1991), she played alongside famous Julia Roberts.
• A really fascinating life story offers Marita Lorenz (1939 - 2019). The daughter of a German mother and an American father was raised in Nazi Germany, where her mother was accused of espionage and she and Marita where imprisoned in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. They survived the imprisonment and as a grown woman, Marita attended a cruise in the Caribic where her father was the captain. The ship visited Cuba, a country that recently faced a rebellion. There, she met president Fidel Castro and became his lover. The relationship lasted a couple of months and afterwards, Marita was recruited by the CIA and worked together with hardliner Castro-opponents. Together, they plotted for Marita to kill Castro in an attack, but Marita didn’t go through with the plan. Afterwards, her life was still entangled in CIA matters and political conspiracies. Later on, Marita had a love affair with the Venezuelan dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez, who lived in exile at the time. Together, they have one daughter. There are numerous books and plays on the moved life of Marita. She also wrote her autobiography in 1993 and passed away in Germany in 2019.

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Author: Julia Raba

Last updated: 10/8/2024