Birgit

English + language Proper noun A Chadic language spoken in southeastern Chad. See also btf en Languages Danish Etymology Short form of da Birgitte and da Birgitta. Proper noun da female References Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 33 312 females with the given name Birgit have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 May 2011. Estonian Etymology From et sv Birgit and et da Birgit. Proper noun et proper noun et female Faroese Proper noun fo proper noun f fo female Usage notes f Birgitarson Birgitardóttir Declension Birgit Birgit Birgit Birgitar German Etymology de :bor sv:Birgit de sv Birgit. Pronunciation de De-Birgit.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun f genitive Birgits or Birgit de female Norwegian Proper noun no proper noun no female, short for Birgitte or Birgitta Swedish Etymology Short form of sv Birgitta. First recorded in Sweden in 1879. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Birgit.wav Proper noun c sv female References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 29 590 females with the given name Birgit living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June, 2011.