Gittan
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Birgitta.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Gittan (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 | 127 |
| 2000 | 131 |
| 2001 | 138 |
| 2002 | 140 |
| 2003 | 146 |
| 2004 | 153 |
| 2005 | 156 |
| 2006 | 164 |
| 2007 | 167 |
| 2008 | 166 |
| 2009 | 167 |
| 2010 | 176 |
| 2011 | 177 |
| 2012 | 179 |
| 2013 | 183 |
| 2014 | 183 |
| 2015 | 185 |
| 2016 | 186 |
| 2017 | 187 |
| 2018 | 188 |
| 2019 | 191 |
| 2020 | 188 |
Gittan in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gittan.Hi! My name is Gittan.
- Gittan har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Gittan has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Gittan kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Gittan is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Gittans mamma är lärare.Gittan's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Gittans mamma is Gittan's mum.
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Questions about Gittan
How do you pronounce Gittan in Swedish?
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What does the name Gittan mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Birgitta.
How popular is Gittan in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Gittan in 2022. In 2020, 188 people in Sweden had Gittan 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.