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Birgit - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Birgit
 
 



[ syll. bir-git, bi-rg-it ] The girl name Birgit is pronounced B-ERGIHT KEY. Birgit's language of origin is Old Norse and Celtic. It is predominantly used in German and Scandinavian. Old Norse origin: Derived from the word biarga with the meaning 'to help'. In Scandinavia, the name owes its popularity to Saint Birgitta (1304-1373), patron saint of Sweden and founder of the Bridgettine order of nuns. The saint's father is named Birger. Birgit is the feminine version of the German and Scandinavian Birger.

Forms of Birgit include the German and Scandinavian Berit, the Scandinavian Birgita, the Scandinavian Birgitta, the Scandinavian Birgitte, the Scandinavian Brit, the Finnish, German, and Scandinavian Brita, the German, Scandinavian, and Hebrew Gitte, and the Finnish Piritta. The short forms Birte (German and Scandinavian) and Birthe (German and Scandinavian), and the pet forms Britt (Dutch, Scandinavian, and English), Britta (German, Scandinavian, and English), and Gittan (Scandinavian) are other variants of the name.

In addition, Birgit is a form (German and Scandinavian) of the English, Irish, and Scottish Bridget.

Birgit is not popular as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2007, out of the family of girl names directly related to Birgit, the English, Irish, and Scottish Bridget was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Birgit include the Scandinavian Birgitte, the English, Irish, and Scottish Bridget, the English Bridgete, the English Bridgett, the English Bridgette, the English Bridgid, the English Bridgit, the English Bridgitte, the English Briget, the English Brigett, the French Brigette, the English Briggette, the Irish Brighid, the English, Irish, and Scottish Brigid, the English, Irish, and Scottish Brigit, the French and German Brigitte, the Polish Brygid, the Scandinavian Birgita, the Scandinavian Birgitta, the Italian, Latinized, and Spanish Brigida, the Czech, Latvian, and Slavic Brigita, the Dutch, German, and Hungarian Brigitta, the Portuguese Brígida, and the Polish Brygida.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Birgit: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


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