Gitte
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Birgitte, from Danish. Borrowed from Danish Gitte.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Gitte (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
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 | 404 |
| 2000 | 408 |
| 2001 | 422 |
| 2002 | 429 |
| 2003 | 427 |
| 2004 | 433 |
| 2005 | 433 |
| 2006 | 441 |
| 2007 | 449 |
| 2008 | 453 |
| 2009 | 457 |
| 2010 | 456 |
| 2011 | 451 |
| 2012 | 457 |
| 2013 | 451 |
| 2014 | 447 |
| 2015 | 443 |
| 2016 | 447 |
| 2017 | 443 |
| 2018 | 443 |
| 2019 | 445 |
| 2020 | 444 |
Gitte in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gitte.Hi! My name is Gitte.
- Gitte har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Gitte has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Gitte kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Gitte is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Gittes mamma är lärare.Gitte's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Gittes mamma is Gitte's mum.
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Questions about Gitte
How do you pronounce Gitte in Swedish?
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What does the name Gitte mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Birgitte, from Danish. Borrowed from Danish Gitte.
How popular is Gitte in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Gitte in 2022. In 2020, 444 people in Sweden had Gitte 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.