'''Gitte''' is a feminine given name which is mostly used in Denmark,<ref name=nanol/> but is also popular in Belgium. It is a reduced version of Birgitte.<ref name=nanol/> The name was particularly popular in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref name=nanol>{{cite book|author1=Nancy L. Coleman|author2=Olav Veka|title=A Handbook of Scandinavian Names|year=2010|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/1163|location=Madison, WI|isbn=9780299248338 |page=8}}</ref> Notable people with the name include:
* [[Gitte Aaen]] (born 1981), Danish handball player * [[Gitte Andersen (footballer)]] (born 1977), Danish football player * [[Gitte Andersen (handballer)]] (born 1989), Danish handball player * [[Gitte Dæhlin]] (1956–2012), Norwegian sculptor * [[Gitte Haenen]] (born 1986), Belgian paralympic athlete * [[Gitte Hænning]] (born 1946), Danish singer and film actress * [[Gitte Hansen]] (born 1961), Danish football player * [[Gitte Haslebo]] (born 1943), Danish scientist and author * [[Gitte Karlshøj]] (born 1959), Danish athlete * [[Gitte Krogh]] (born 1977), Danish football player * [[Gitte Larsen]], Danish curler * [[Gitte Lillelund Bech]] (born 1969), Danish politician * [[Gitte Lindstrøm]] (born 1975), Danish ballet dancer * [[Gitte Madsen]] (born 1969), Danish handball player * [[Gitte Moos Knudsen]], Danish neurobiologist and neurologist * [[Gitte Pedersen]] (born 1979), Danish football player * [[Gitte Seeberg]] (born 1960), Danish politician and lawyer * [[Gitte Spee]] (born 1950), Dutch illustrator * [[Gitte Sunesen]] (born 1971), Danish handball player
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{given name}} {{wiktionary|Gitte}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gitte}} [[Category:Danish feminine given names]] [[Category:Feminine given names]]