Given name · also Irish
Brigita
“high, exalted”
Brigita is a feminine given name from Old Irish, ultimately from Proto-Celtic. It is used in Czech, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbo-Croatian, and 1 other language.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brigita goes back to Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, meaning “high, exalted.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Brigita comes from Old Irish, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Brigita developed from Brigit.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brigita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 0 boys · 17 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 6 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 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 280 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.
Brigita’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Brigita has a diminutive in Gita. In Lithuanian usage, Brigita developed from the Old Irish form Brigit. In Czech usage, Brigita has a conventional equivalent in the English form Bridget.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Brigita has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Celtic roots to each of them.
8 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Brigita
- Brigita BukovecSlovene athletics competitor (born 1970)
- Brigita LangerholcSlovene athletics competitor (born 1976)
- Brigita Virbalytė-DimšienėLithuanian racewalkerborn 1985
- Brigita SchmögnerováSlovak economist and politicianborn 1947
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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