Brigitta

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Nordic form of the Celtic name Brighid

1) Celtic briganti / brig = 'high, mighty' [1] [2] [3] [4]

2) Celtic brigh = 'strength, force' [5] (less certain)

Related Names

     
Bregitte ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Bridget ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Bridgett ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Bridgette ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Brigette ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Brigida ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Brigit ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Brigita ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Brigite ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Brigith ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Brigitha ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Brigithe ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Brigitt ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Brigitta ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Brigitte ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Brikitta ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Brygida ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Prikitta ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

For more variant forms see also Bibi Biggi Billa Birgitta Britta Gitta

Combinations

For combinations see BRITT and BIRG (name elements)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[6] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 93 200 0 0
Denmark Denmark[7] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 74 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[8] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m0.png 10 17 0 0
Finland Finland[9] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 104 n.a 1
  #: 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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Brigitta.

Sources: [6] [7] [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  4. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
  5. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  6. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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