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{{Infobox given name | name = Birgit | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Female | meaning = | region = | origin = | related names = Birgitta, Birgitte, Bridget, Bridgette, Bergit, Berjit | footnotes = }} thumb|Popularity of name Birgit '''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 Fogh-Andersen (1922–2012), Danish politician * 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
==See also== * 960 Birgit, a minor planet orbiting the Sun * Birgit language * Brigid (disambiguation)
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