Birgit

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Birgit is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Croatian given name489 records spelled Birgit8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Switzerland, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian

  Also written Биргит

• Russian given name374 records spelled Birgit8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, United Kingdom, Türkiye

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Биргит, Біргіт

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Birgit is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Birgit är ursprungligen en nordisk och tysk smekform till → Birgitta. En känd namnbärare var den svenska operasångerskan Birgit Nilsson (1918–2005). I den rikssvenska almanackan 13 oktober och i den finlandssvenska 7 oktober.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In French, Forme nordique de Brigitte, du gaélique Briganti(a), « élevée ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Forme germanique de Brigitte; du celtique brig- « haut, fort ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In Norwegian, a female given name, short for Birgitte or Birgitta

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A Chadic language spoken in southeastern Chad.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 62 years between 1945–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Birgit Cullbergb. 1908SESwedish ballet choreographer (1908-1999)
• Birgit Nilssonb. 1918SESwedish opera singer (1918–2005)
• Birgit Dollb. 1958ATAustrian actress (1958–2015)
• Birgit Treiberb. 1960DEEast German swimmer
• Birgit Sippelb. 1960DEGerman politician
• Birgit Fischerb. 1962DEEast German kayaker
• Birgit Malsack-Winkemannb. 1964DEGerman far-right politician
• Birgit Prinzb. 1977DEGerman footballer (born 1977)
• Birgit Minichmayrb. 1977ATAustrian actress and singer
• Birgit Õigemeelb. 1988EEEstonian singer (born 1988)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 371 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Birgit?

We estimate roughly 43 thousand people bear Birgit (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Birgit have the most bearers?

Birgit is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled birgit.

How common is Birgit compared with other names?

In Germany, Birgit is the 71st most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Birgit a male or female name?

Birgit is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Birgit mean?

Recorded meaning: ) Birgitt; Birgid; Bergit; Berit: in den i93oer-Jahren entlehnter weibl.