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Nickname of Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, daughter of Princess Alexandra of Saxe Coburg, grand daughter of Maria Alexandrovna and great grand daughter to Alexander II.
Also used in Georgian.
Marita is also Latvian and Estonian, used as a diminutive of Marija and Māra (Latvian) and Maria (Estonian). The name day for Marita in Latvia is March 25, and the name day for Marita in Estonia is July 13.
Allegedly also Hungarian: https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1ria -- mention Marita as a variant
Dutch Pronunciation: ma-REE-tah.
I think this name is a beautiful name, although I think Maria is more to my liking, this name is a good one.
Either little María or dear María in meaning, the way Spanish diminutives works.
I have a friend named Marita, and though I'll admit it is unique, it didn't suit her, and I always thought of it as a bizarre and slightly ugly name. Even she said she wanted to change it one day. It has grown on me though.
Marita is also used in Georgia. Dimunitive of Mariam. It's quite rare and really unique.
Beautiful name for a Hispanic girl!
It's also used in Norway.
Marita Conlon-McKenna is famous Irish children's author. She wrote the "Under the Hawthorn Tree" trilogy and "A Girl Named Blue".

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