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 715^th (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

• -metria