Birgitta

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Old Danish Old Danish
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Faroe Islands Faroese
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic variant form of Brigitta [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Related Names

Bíkíta
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Greenlandic
Birga
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Norwegian Swedish
Birgete
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Danish
Birgethe
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Danish Greenlandic
Birgget
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Sami
Birghitta
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Old Swedish
Birgit
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Danish Faroese Finish Greenlandic Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Birgita
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Danish Swedish
Birgite
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Danish Swedish
Birgith
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Danish Norwegian Swedish
Birgitha
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Danish Swedish
Birgithe
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Danish Greenlandic Norwegian Swedish
Birgitt
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Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Birgitta
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Danish Faroese Finish Icelandic Norwegian Old Danish Old Swedish Swedish
Birgitte
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Danish Finish Greenlandic Norwegian Old Danish Swedish
Birgittha
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Swedish
Birgitthe
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Swedish
Birkitta
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Finish
Byrghita
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Old Swedish
Píkíta
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Greenlandic
Pikite
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Greenlandic
Pikiti
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Greenlandic
Pikkitta
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Greenlandic

See also Bereta, Bergitte, Berita, Berta, Bibi, Biggi, Birte, Bitte, Byrita, Gitta, Pirjetta, Pirkitta, Pirre

For male forms see Birgiton

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Birgittuson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Birgittudóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see BIRG (name element)

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Birgitta
Genitive: Birgittas
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Birgitta
Accusative: Birgittu
Dative: Birgittu
Genitive: Birgittu
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Birgitta
Genitive: Birgitan
Partitive: Birgittaa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Birgitta
Accusative: Birgittu
Dative: Birgittu
Genitive: Birgittu
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Birgitta
Genitive: Birgittas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Birgitta
Genitive: Birgittas

Name Days

Finland Finland

7 October

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

7 October

Sweden Sweden

7 October

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

Trivia

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[14]
37103 160955 37103 160953 0 2
Finland Finland[15]
n.a.
18458
n.a.
18458 0 0
Iceland Iceland[16]
339 379
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[17]
286
n.a.
286
n.a.
0
n.a.
Norway Norway[18]
225
n.a.
225
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[19]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Birgitta (f) Sources: [20]

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Birgitta (f) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Birgitta (f)


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  3. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  7. 7.0 7.1 Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  8. Elof Hellquist: Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1922)
  9. 9.0 9.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  10. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  11. Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  12. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  13. © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  14. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  15. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  16. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  17. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  18. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  19. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  20. details see Name Statistic tables