Pirita

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/pirit̪ɑ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Pirita is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Swedish Birgitta.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 3.5K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 340K
  • PLPoland1 in 19M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

1,570 people

Sources
34 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Swedish Birgitta

Sources 2

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pirita counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Pirita is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland1,5701 in 3.5K1.6KPirita14
SE Sweden301 in 340K30—1
PL Poland21 in 19M2——
US United States——listedPirita34
IN India———Pirita2
AU Australia———Pirita9
DE Germany———Pirita6

1,570 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Pirita is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, The rainforest vine Ripogonum scandens.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Portuguese, pyrite (mineral iron disulfide)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Catalan, pyrite

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, upe Igaunijā, Harju apriņķī, garums - 100 km, tek pa Ziemeļigaunijas plato, ietek Baltijas jūras Tallinas līcī

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1960197019801990Ulla Tapaninen, b. 1969Pirita Lemmetyinen, b. 1975Pirita Näkkäläjärvi, b. 1978Pirita Frigren, b. 1984Pirita Niemenmaa, b. 1984H-P Lehkonen, b. 1987

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHei Pirita,Hi Pirita, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Pirita
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—1.6K#615
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—1.6K—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—30#19,158
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—20#20,119
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202016—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201916—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201816—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201316—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201715—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201615—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201515—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200515—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Pirita mean, and where does it come from?
Swedish Birgitta Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
How do you pronounce Pirita?
A machine transcription gives /pirit̪ɑ/ (IPA) for Finnish.
Is Pirita a male or female name?
Pirita is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Pirita?
In the etymology graph, Pirkko is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Pirita have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Pirita, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pirita.
Where is Pirita most common?
Pirita is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.5 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Pirita?
In Finland, the national register counted 1,570 people named Pirita, about 1 in 3.5 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pirita”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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