Given name
Birgitte
“a glorious woman”
In Danish use, Birgitte has a related form in Berit. One German interpretation is “a glorious woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Danish use, Birgitte has a related form in Berit. One German interpretation is “a glorious woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Birgitte is a variant of Bridget. A possible origin is Irish, although the derivation remains uncertain. In Danish use, Birgitte is a variant of Birgit. An origin associated with Birgit is Irish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Danish Birgitte, from Norwegian Birgitte.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Birgitte is a variant of Bridget. The history of Bridget gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Bridget is associated with the goddess of fire, wisdom, and poetry.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Birgitte through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1959. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 195 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Birgitte’s family of names
In Danish usage, Birgitte has a short form in Birgit. Birgitte has a related form in Bridget. In Norwegian usage, Birgitte has a conventional equivalent in the English form Bridget.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Birgitte has relatives in 6 languages.
8 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Birgitte
- Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucesterwife of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucesterborn 1946
- Birgitte Hjort SørensenDanish actress, born 1982
- Birgitte FederspielDanish actress (1925-2005)
- Birgitte HanelDanish rowerborn 1954
- Birgitte SættemNorwegian handball playerborn 1978
- Birgitte ThottDanish philosopher, auther, and scholar (1610-1662)
- Birgitte RaabergDanish actressborn 1954
- Birgitte PriceDanish actress (1934–1997)
- Birgitte GøyeDanish noble1511–1574
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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