Birgitta
Meaning and origin
From Old Irish Brigit. First recorded in Sweden in 1293. Cognate with English Bridget.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Birgitta (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 42,114 |
| 2000 | 42,168 |
| 2001 | 42,212 |
| 2002 | 42,270 |
| 2003 | 42,504 |
| 2004 | 42,646 |
| 2005 | 42,321 |
| 2006 | 42,287 |
| 2007 | 42,114 |
| 2008 | 42,171 |
| 2009 | 41,925 |
| 2010 | 41,723 |
| 2011 | 41,428 |
| 2012 | 41,106 |
| 2013 | 40,773 |
| 2014 | 40,365 |
| 2015 | 39,934 |
| 2016 | 39,426 |
| 2017 | 38,883 |
| 2018 | 38,298 |
| 2019 | 37,747 |
| 2020 | 37,103 |
Birgitta in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Birgitta.Hi! My name is Birgitta.
- Birgitta bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Birgitta lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Birgitta har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Birgitta has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Birgittas mamma är lärare.Birgitta's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Birgittas mamma is Birgitta's mum.
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Questions about Birgitta
How do you pronounce Birgitta in Swedish?
In IPA, Birgitta is /bɪr²ɡɪta/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Birgitta mean?
From Old Irish Brigit. First recorded in Sweden in 1293. Cognate with English Bridget.
How popular is Birgitta in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Birgitta in 2022. In 2020, 37,103 people in Sweden had Birgitta as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.