Birgit is a female given name, a short form of Birgitta and ultimately a Germanic form of the

Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...

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Bridget Bridget is an Irish language, Irish female name derived from the Goidelic languages, Gaelic noun , meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". An alternative meaning of the name is "exalted one". Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely re ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Birgit Brüel Birgit Brüel (6 October 1927 – 23 February 1996) was a Danish singer and actress who participated in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest. Brüel's professional career began in 1950 when she joined the Max Brüel Quartet as a jazz singer, and be ...

, Danish singer and actress * Birgit Collin-Langen, German politician *

Birgit Cunningham Birgit Cunningham (born 6 January 1963) is a British-American events organiser, activist, and campaigner for the rights of single mothers. Early life Cunningham was born in San Francisco, the daughter of a treasurer of the Bank of America and a ...

, Anglo-American activist * Birgit Doll, Austrian actress and theatre director * Birgit Finnilä, Swedish opera singer * Birgit Fischer, German canoer * Birgit Friedmann (born 1960), German runner and 1980 world champion * Birgit Hogefeld, German RAF terrorist member *

Birgit Kähler Birgit Kähler (born 14 August 1970 in Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen) is a retired female high jumper from Germany. Her personal best jump was 1.94 metres, achieved in August 1991 in Bonn. She finished fifth at the 1991 World Championships in Athle ...

, German high jumper * Birgit Meyer (born 1960), Dutch religious studies scholar *

Birgit Michels Birgit Michels ( Overzier; born 28 September 1984) is a German badminton player. She competed for Germany at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London ...

, German badminton player * Birgit Minichmayr, Austrian actress *

Birgit Nilsson Märta Birgit Nilsson (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a Swedish dramatic soprano. Although she sang a wide repertoire of operatic and vocal works, Nilsson was best known for her performances in the operas of Richard Wagner and Richard St ...

(1918–2005), Swedish soprano *

Birgit Prinz Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977) is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen ...

, German football (soccer) player *

Birgit Püve Birgit Püve (born 7 November 1978) is an Estonian photographer. She lives and works in Tallinn. Life and work Birgit Püve started as a writing journalist for the Estonian weekly newspaper ''Eesti Ekspress''. She quickly became a successful wri ...

, Estonian photographer *

Birgit Rausing Birgit Rausing (born 26 October 1924) is a Swedish art historian, philanthropist, a former billionaire heiress and the widow of Gad Rausing (1922–2000). Biography She is the daughter of Swedish landscape painter Henry Mayne (1891–1975). In 1 ...

, Swedish art historian *

Birgit Ridderstedt Birgit Ridderstedt (November 26, 1914 – September 16, 1985) was a Swedish-American folk singer who appeared at festivals and on television in the 1950s and early 1960s with material she produced herself. Background Born in Ludvika, Sweden, ...

, Swedish singer *

Birgit Sarrap Birgit Sarrap (; born 24 September 1988), also known mononymously as Birgit, is an Estonian singer. She rose to prominence in 2007 after winning the first season of '' Eesti otsib superstaari'', the Estonian version of '' Idol''. Her debut s ...

, Estonian singer *

Birgit Schrowange Birgit Schrowange (born Schrowangen; 7 April 1958) is a German television presenter. Schrowange works as television presenter on German broadcasters. She has presented ''Extra – Das RTL-Magazin'' on RTL Television since October 1994. From 199 ...

, German television presenter *

Birgit Schuurman Birgit Schuurman (born 1 July 1977, in Utrecht) is a Dutch singer and actress. Biography Schuurman was born in Utrecht and raised in Bunnik as the daughter of a Dutch father and a Surinamese mother. She's the younger sister of Katja Schuurman ...

, Dutch rock singer *

Birgit Skarstein Birgit Lovise Røkkum Skarstein (born 10 February 1989) is a Norwegian former Paralympic athlete and social entrepreneur who competed in para rowing and para cross-country skiing. She is a Paralympic champion and silver medallist, six-time w ...

, Norwegian Paralympic athlete *

Birgit Thumm Birgit Thumm (born 3 July 1980) is a German volleyball player. She made her debut for the German Women's National Team in 1999. She played at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany; she represented her native co ...

, German volleyball player *

Birgit Vogel-Heuser Birgit Vogel-Heuser (born 1961) is a German computer scientist and professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). She has been cited over 15,000 times. Vogel-Heuser's research focuses on systems and software engineering Software engineer ...

(born 1961), German computer scientist *

Birgit Zotz Birgit Zotz (born 7 August 1979) is an Austrian writer, cultural anthropologist and an expert on the subject of hospitality management studies. Life Born in Waidhofen an der Thaya, Lower Austria, Zotz grew up in the Waldviertel and in Vie ...

, Austrian writer and anthropologist

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