English

Proper noun

Birgit

1. An Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southeastern Chad.

Danish

Etymology

Short form of Birgitte and Birgitta.

Proper noun

Birgit

1. A female given name.

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 33 312 females with the given name Birgit have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Estonian

Proper noun

Birgit

1. A female given name borrowed from Swedish and Danish.

Faroese

Proper noun

Birgit f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Birgit: Birgitarson
• daughter of Birgit: Birgitardóttir

Declension

German

Proper noun

Birgit ? ‎(genitive Birgit)

1. A female given name of Swedish origin.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Birgit

1. A female given name, short for Birgitte or Birgitta.

Swedish

Etymology

Short form of Birgitta. First recorded in Sweden in 1879.

Proper noun

Birgit

1. A female given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 29 590 females with the given name Birgit living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June, 2011.