Given name
Gitta
“from of Bridgette, meaning (”
Gitta is used as a given name. One interpretation is “from of Bridgette, meaning ( "a strong and protective woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “from of Bridgette, meaning ( "a strong and protective woman.”
How it developed
In German usage, Gitta is a short form of Brigitta.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gitta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 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 1965. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 257 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.
Gitta’s family of names
In German usage, Gitta is a short form of Brigitta. In German usage, Gitta has a related form in Gitte. Gitta has a related form in Gittah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gitta
- Gitta SerenyAustrian publicist and writer (1921–2012)
- Gitta AlpárHungarian-born opera and operetta soprano1903–1991
- Gitta EscherEast German gymnastborn 1957
- Gitta MallaszHungarian artist1907–1992
- Ghitta CarellItalian-Hungarian photographer (1899–1972)
- Gitta BauerGerman journalist and Righteous Among the Nations1919–1990
- Gitta ConnemannGerman politicianborn 1964
- Gitta SteinerAmerican composer (1932–1990)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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