Given name & surname
Brita
Brita is a feminine given name from Swedish. It is used in Swedish, Estonian, Faroese, Norwegian, and 1 other language.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Slovak usage, Brita is a diminutive of BRIGITA.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,097
- 0 boys · 1,097 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 41 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,203 as a first name in 2020; 113 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Brita’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Brita is a diminutive of BRIGITA. In Swedish usage, Brita has a later derivative in RIITTA. Brita has a related form in Brett.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Brita has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Swedish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Brita
- Sofia JannokSwedish Sami singerborn 1982
- Brita BorgSwedish jazz and schlager singer (1926–2010)
- Brita Sigourneyfreestyle skierborn 1990
- Brita BaldusEast German diverborn 1965
- Brita Sofia HesseliusSwedish photographer (1801–1866)
- Brita KoivunenFinnish schlager singer (1931–2014)
- Brita HagbergSwedish soldier1756–1825
- Brita OlofsdotterFinnish soldier of the Swedish cavalry1501–1569
- Brita AppelgrenSwedish architect and actor (1912–1999)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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