Birgitta

Birgitta
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Swedish, Icelandic
Other names
Derived	Brighid (Celtic goddess)
Related names	Britta, Brigitte, Bridget, Brigita, Birgit

Birgitta is the Swedish and Icelandic form of the Irish Gaelic female name Brighid. Brighid or Brigid was the name of an ancient Celtic goddess, and its English form is Bridget. Birgitta and its alternate forms Birgit and Britta became common names in Scandinavia because of St. Bridget of Sweden.^[1]

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Birgitta Dahl (born 1937), retired Swedish politician
Bridget of Sweden (c. 1303 – 23 July 1373), Swedish Roman Catholic saint
Princess Birgitta of Sweden (born 1937), elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf
Birgitta Durell (1619–1683), Swedish industrialist
Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 1967), Icelandic politician
Birgithe Kühle (1762–1832), Dano-Norwegian editor
Birgitta Moran Farmer (1881–1939), American miniature painter
Birgitta Haukdal (born 1979), Icelandic singer
Birgitte Winther (1751–1809), Danish opera singer
Birgitta Hillingsø (born 1940), Danish antiques dealer and godmother of King Frederik of Denmark

[1]
Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. (1990). A dictionary of first names. Oxford University Press.

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Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. (1990). A dictionary of first names. Oxford University Press.

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