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Nordic form of the Celtic name Brighid
1) Celtic briganti / brig = 'high', 'mighty', 'exalted' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
2) Celtic brigh = 'strength', 'force' [10] (less certain)
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Bridget | ♀ |
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Bridgett | ♀ |
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Bridgette | ♀ |
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Brigette | ♀ |
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Brigget | ♀ |
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Brigida | ♀ |
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Brígiða | ♀ |
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Brigit | ♀ |
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Brigita | ♀ |
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Brigite | ♀ |
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Brigith | ♀ |
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Brigitha | ♀ |
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Brigithe | ♀ |
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Brigitt | ♀ |
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Brigitta | ♀ |
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Brigitte | ♀ |
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Brikitta | ♀ |
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Brygida | ♀ |
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Prikitta | ♀ |
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For more variant forms see also Bibi Biggi Billa Birgitta Britta Gitta
See also Brictius
Brigittuson |
Brigittudóttir |
For combinations see BRITT and BIRG (name elements)
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Brigitta |
Genitive: | Brigittas |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Brigitta |
Genitive: | Brigitan |
Partitive: | Brigittaa |
- Icelandic | |
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Nominative: | Brigitta |
Accusative: | Brigittu |
Dative: | Brigittu |
Genitive: | Brigittu |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Brigitta |
Genitive: | Brigittas |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Brigitta |
Genitive: | Brigittas |
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[13] |
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109 | 226 | 109 | 226 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[14] |
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89 | n.a. |
89 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Finland[15] |
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n.a. |
139 | n.a. |
139 | 0 | 0 |
Iceland[16] |
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2 | 2 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[17] |
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36 | n.a. |
36 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[18] |
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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. |
Regional distribution of Brigitta (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.