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Birgithe
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Usage
Danish
Norwegian
Swedish
Greenlandic
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Origin and Meaning
Creative spelling of Birgitte [1] [2] [3] [4]
Related Names
See Birgitta
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Birgithe |
| Genitive: | Birgithes |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Birgithe |
| Genitive: | Birgithes |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Birgithe |
| Genitive: | Birgithes |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
- Denmark: appears in the baptism registers of Skast herred (Næsbjerg, Øse, Fåborg, Grimstrup, Årre) in the period 1756-1760 [4]
Strongest Period of Usage
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& | |
| Greenland[5] |
  |
72 | 269 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Denmark[6] |
  |
109 | n.a. |
109 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
| Sweden[7] |
 |
5 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
 Finland[8] |
 |
n.a. |
3 | n.a. |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| Norway[9] |
|
63 | n.a. |
63 | 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. |
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No recent statistics trend found in databases for Birgithe.
References
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ The Greenland Language Secretariat Oqaasileriffik http://www.oqaasileriffik.gl/kl
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Sydvestjysk navneskik gennem 300 år (1965)
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no