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Estonian
Etymology
From Old Irish Brigit. Borrowed from Swedish Birgitta.
Proper noun
Birgitta
- a female given name
Faroese
Proper noun
Birgitta f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Birgitta: Birgittuson
- daughter of Birgitta: Birgittudóttir
Declension
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singular
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indefinite
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nominative
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Birgitta
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accusative
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Birgittu
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dative
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Birgittu
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genitive
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Birgittu
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Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish Birgitta.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Birgitta
- a female given name
Declension
Statistics
- Birgitta is the 234th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,362 female individuals (and as a middle name to 12,175 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Irish Brigit. First recorded in Sweden in 1293. Cognate with English Bridget.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Birgitta c (genitive Birgittas)
- a female given name
1997, Majgull Axelsson, Aprilhäxan, Pan, published 2006, →ISBN, page 160:"Birgitta, Margareta och Christina", sa barnavårdstanten och skrattade ett kacklande litet besökarskratt. "Nu fattas det bara en liten Desirée för att det ska bli precis som på Haga slott..."- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- Name of a fourteenth century Swedish saint. Also borne by Swedish royalty.
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 175 016 females with the given name Birgitta living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.