Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Brigitta is a variant of Bridget. A possible origin is Irish, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Brigitta 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
Brigitta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 551
- 0 boys · 551 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,137 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −50%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,137 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,091 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.
Brigitta’s family of names
In German usage, Brigitta has a short form in Gitta. Brigitta has a related form in Bridget. In Vietnamese usage, Brigitta has a conventional equivalent in the English form Bridget.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Brigitta has relatives in 5 languages.
6 related names in 5 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 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Brigitaequivalent
- Birgitequivalent
- Brigidaequivalent
- Birgitteequivalent
- Brígidaequivalent
- Brec'hedequivalent
- Pirkkoequivalent
- Pirjoequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Brigitta
- Brigitta Boccoliactressborn 1972
- Brigitta ScherzenfeldtSwedish writer (1684–1736)
- Brigitta SipőczHungarian astronomerborn 1984
- Brigitta BereczkiHungarian biathleteborn 1966
- Brigitta CynthiaIndonesian actress and singerborn 1993
- Brigitta P. KovarskaiaSoviet-Moldovan physicist, computer scientist, historian (1930–1998)
- Brigitta Callensmodelborn 1980
- Brigitta MalcheSwiss-Austrian artist (born 1938)
- Brigitta Lars AnderssonsSwedish Cunning woman and courtier
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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