Brigitte

Where Brigitte comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Brigitte.

  • Vowel-ended
Brigitte through the years
  1. 1934
    Brigitte Bardot born
    French actress, singer, animal rights activist
  2. 1946
    First appearance
    #4,960 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1953
    Brigitte Macron born
    French teacher, spouse of French statesman Emmanuel Macron
  4. 1960
    Peak, #550
    314 babies named Brigitte, the most in any year.
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #841.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Brigitte Bardot · French actress, singer, animal rights activist, 1934–2025
  • Brigitte Macron · French teacher, spouse of French statesman Emmanuel Macron, born 1953
  • Brigitte Bierlein · Austrian jurist and politician, former federal chancellor of Austria and president of the Austrian constitutional court, 1949–2024
  • Brigitte Nielsen · Danish actress, model and singer, born 1963
  • Brigitte Helm · German actress, 1906–1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.