Birgit

Birgit
Gender	Female
Other names
Related names	Birgitta, Birgitte, Bridget, Bridgette, Bergit, Berjit

Birgit is a female given name, a short form of Birgitta and ultimately a Germanic form of the Gaelic name Bridget. Notable people with the name include:

Birgit Brüel, Danish singer and actress
Birgit Collin-Langen, German politician
Birgit Cunningham, 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, German high jumper
Birgit Meyer (born 1960), Dutch religious studies scholar
Birgit Michels, German badminton player
Birgit Minichmayr, Austrian actress
Birgit Nilsson (1918–2005), Swedish soprano
Birgit Prinz, German football (soccer) player
Birgit Püve, Estonian photographer
Birgit Rausing, Swedish art historian
Birgit Ridderstedt, Swedish singer
Birgit Sarrap, Estonian singer
Birgit Schrowange, German television presenter
Birgit Schuurman, Dutch rock singer
Birgit Skarstein, Norwegian Paralympic athlete
Birgit Thumm, German volleyball player
Birgit Vogel-Heuser (born 1961), German computer scientist
Birgit Zotz, Austrian writer and anthropologist

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