Merita

See also: merita, meritá, and mérita

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin merita, the feminine of meritus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeritɑ/, [ˈme̞rit̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -eritɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Me‧ri‧ta

Proper noun

Merita

  1. a female given name
  2. A former major bank in Finland, now merged with banks from other Nordic countries to Nordea.

Declension

Inflection of Merita (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Merita —
genitive Meritan —
partitive Meritaa —
illative Meritaan —
singular plural
nominative Merita —
accusative nom. Merita —
gen. Meritan
genitive Meritan —
partitive Meritaa —
inessive Meritassa —
elative Meritasta —
illative Meritaan —
adessive Meritalla —
ablative Meritalta —
allative Meritalle —
essive Meritana —
translative Meritaksi —
abessive Meritatta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Merita (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Meritani —
accusative nom. Meritani —
gen. Meritani
genitive Meritani —
partitive Meritaani —
inessive Meritassani —
elative Meritastani —
illative Meritaani —
adessive Meritallani —
ablative Meritaltani —
allative Meritalleni —
essive Meritanani —
translative Meritakseni —
abessive Meritattani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Meritasi —
accusative nom. Meritasi —
gen. Meritasi
genitive Meritasi —
partitive Meritaasi —
inessive Meritassasi —
elative Meritastasi —
illative Meritaasi —
adessive Meritallasi —
ablative Meritaltasi —
allative Meritallesi —
essive Meritanasi —
translative Meritaksesi —
abessive Meritattasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Meritamme —
accusative nom. Meritamme —
gen. Meritamme
genitive Meritamme —
partitive Meritaamme —
inessive Meritassamme —
elative Meritastamme —
illative Meritaamme —
adessive Meritallamme —
ablative Meritaltamme —
allative Meritallemme —
essive Meritanamme —
translative Meritaksemme —
abessive Meritattamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Meritanne —
accusative nom. Meritanne —
gen. Meritanne
genitive Meritanne —
partitive Meritaanne —
inessive Meritassanne —
elative Meritastanne —
illative Meritaanne —
adessive Meritallanne —
ablative Meritaltanne —
allative Meritallenne —
essive Meritananne —
translative Meritaksenne —
abessive Meritattanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Meritansa —
accusative nom. Meritansa —
gen. Meritansa
genitive Meritansa —
partitive Meritaansa —
inessive Meritassaan
Meritassansa
—
elative Meritastaan
Meritastansa
—
illative Meritaansa —
adessive Meritallaan
Meritallansa
—
ablative Meritaltaan
Meritaltansa
—
allative Meritalleen
Meritallensa
—
essive Meritanaan
Meritanansa
—
translative Meritakseen
Meritaksensa
—
abessive Meritattaan
Meritattansa
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Statistics

  • Merita is the 715th (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 320 female individuals (and as a middle name to 403 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

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