Bitte
Meaning and origin
Clipping of Birgitte.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Bitte (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.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 196 |
| 2000 | 207 |
| 2001 | 220 |
| 2002 | 226 |
| 2003 | 246 |
| 2004 | 257 |
| 2005 | 250 |
| 2006 | 260 |
| 2007 | 262 |
| 2008 | 291 |
| 2009 | 299 |
| 2010 | 307 |
| 2011 | 318 |
| 2012 | 319 |
| 2013 | 323 |
| 2014 | 327 |
| 2015 | 328 |
| 2016 | 335 |
| 2017 | 335 |
| 2018 | 342 |
| 2019 | 348 |
| 2020 | 353 |
Bitte in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Bitte.Hi! My name is Bitte.
- Bitte ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Bitte called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Jag ska fika med Bitte i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Bitte this afternoon.
- Bittes mamma är lärare.Bitte's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Bittes mamma is Bitte's mum.
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Questions about Bitte
How do you pronounce Bitte in Swedish?
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What does the name Bitte mean?
Clipping of Birgitte.
How popular is Bitte in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Bitte in 2022. In 2020, 353 people in Sweden had Bitte 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.