Birgitta
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish Brigit. Borrowed from Swedish Birgitta.
Proper noun edit
Birgitta
- a female given name
Related terms edit
Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Birgitta f
- a female given name
Usage notes edit
Matronymics
- son of Birgitta: Birgittuson
- daughter of Birgitta: Birgittudóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Birgitta |
Accusative | Birgittu |
Dative | Birgittu |
Genitive | Birgittu |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Birgitta
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Birgitta (Kotus type 9*C/kala, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Birgitta | Birgitat | ||
genitive | Birgitan | Birgittojen | ||
partitive | Birgittaa | Birgittoja | ||
illative | Birgittaan | Birgittoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Birgitta | Birgitat | ||
accusative | nom. | Birgitta | Birgitat | |
gen. | Birgitan | |||
genitive | Birgitan | Birgittojen Birgittainrare | ||
partitive | Birgittaa | Birgittoja | ||
inessive | Birgitassa | Birgitoissa | ||
elative | Birgitasta | Birgitoista | ||
illative | Birgittaan | Birgittoihin | ||
adessive | Birgitalla | Birgitoilla | ||
ablative | Birgitalta | Birgitoilta | ||
allative | Birgitalle | Birgitoille | ||
essive | Birgittana | Birgittoina | ||
translative | Birgitaksi | Birgitoiksi | ||
abessive | Birgitatta | Birgitoitta | ||
instructive | — | Birgitoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish Brigit. First recorded in Sweden in 1293. Cognate with English Bridget.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
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..."
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Usage notes edit
- Name of a fourteenth century Swedish saint. Also borne by Swedish royalty.
Related terms edit
References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] 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.