Navngitt

Navngitt is a Norwegian adjective and past participle meaning “named” or “designated.” It is used to describe a person, place, or thing that has been given a specific name in a text or official context. The form comes from the verb navngive, meaning to name or designate by name, and it follows the common Norwegian pattern of forming past participles with the ending -tt. In Bokmål, navngitt is the prevailing spelling; in Nynorsk, the corresponding form is namngitt.

The term is commonly encountered in formal or written Norwegian, including legal documents, reports, and scholarly writing, where it helps distinguish a subject that has been explicitly named from one that remains unidentified. For example, one might refer to “den navngitte adressaten” (the named addressee) or “navngitte land” (the named countries). It can also appear in genealogical, historical, or textual analysis when a source identifies a person or location by name.

Variants and related forms include the noun navngivning (“naming”) and the verb navngive (“to name”). In Nynorsk, a closely related form is namngitt. The term is typically used attributively, agreeing with the noun it describes, and remains common in formal Norwegian writing to indicate explicit identification by name.