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According to https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/verklaring/naam/Jorrit, this is a Frisian form of Everhard (or Everfried): "Friese vorm van Everhard (vergelijk Gerrit uit Gerhard) of van Ever-fried (vergelijk Juerd en Jurryt)"
Rosa and Volker Kohlheim agree with the Meertens Instituut (compare "Duden. Lexikon der Vornamen", Mannheim, Germany 2013)

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