Berit - Meaning of Berit

What does Berit mean?

[ 2 syll. be-rit, ber-it ] The baby girl name Berit is pronounced as Beh-RihT †. Berit is used predominantly in German and Scandinavian. It is derived from Old Norse and Celtic origins.

In addition, Berit is a variation of the name Birgit (German and Scandinavian).

Berit is also a variation of the name Bridget (English, Irish, and Scottish).

Berit has 22 variations. Variations of Berit include Beret, Bereta, Berete, Berett, Beretta, Berette, Berta, Beryt, Biret, Bireta, Birete, Birett, Biretta, Birette, Byret, Byreta, Byrete, Byrett, Byretta, and Byrette. Other English variants include the contracted form Beri, and the diminutive Berry. The origin and meaning of Berit is inherited by all variant forms.

Berit is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not listed within the top 1000. Among the family of girl names directly related to Berit, Bridget was the most widely used in 2011.

Baby names that sound like Berit include Barete, Barett, Barette, Barida, Barrete, Barrett, Barrette, Barta, Bartha, Beradette, Berdie, Beret, Berete, Berrit, Berta, Bertha, Berti, Bertie, Berty, and Beryt.

† English pronunciation for Berit: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"