# Gitte (name)

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**Gitte** is a feminine given name which is mostly used in Denmark,[1] but is also popular in Belgium. It is a reduced version of Birgitte.[1] The name was particularly popular in the 1960s and 1970s.[1] Notable people with the name include:

- [Gitte Aaen](/source/Gitte_Aaen) (born 1981), Danish handball player

- [Gitte Andersen (footballer)](/source/Gitte_Andersen_(footballer)) (born 1977), Danish football player

- [Gitte Andersen (handballer)](/source/Gitte_Andersen_(handballer)) (born 1989), Danish handball player

- [Gitte Dæhlin](/source/Gitte_D%C3%A6hlin) (1956–2012), Norwegian sculptor

- [Gitte Haenen](/source/Gitte_Haenen) (born 1986), Belgian paralympic athlete

- [Gitte Hænning](/source/Gitte_H%C3%A6nning) (born 1946), Danish singer and film actress

- [Gitte Hansen](/source/Gitte_Hansen) (born 1961), Danish football player

- [Gitte Haslebo](/source/Gitte_Haslebo) (born 1943), Danish scientist and author

- [Gitte Karlshøj](/source/Gitte_Karlsh%C3%B8j) (born 1959), Danish athlete

- [Gitte Krogh](/source/Gitte_Krogh) (born 1977), Danish football player

- [Gitte Larsen](/source/Gitte_Larsen), Danish curler

- [Gitte Lillelund Bech](/source/Gitte_Lillelund_Bech) (born 1969), Danish politician

- [Gitte Lindstrøm](/source/Gitte_Lindstr%C3%B8m) (born 1975), Danish ballet dancer

- [Gitte Madsen](/source/Gitte_Madsen) (born 1969), Danish handball player

- [Gitte Moos Knudsen](/source/Gitte_Moos_Knudsen), Danish neurobiologist and neurologist

- [Gitte Pedersen](/source/Gitte_Pedersen) (born 1979), Danish football player

- [Gitte Seeberg](/source/Gitte_Seeberg) (born 1960), Danish politician and lawyer

- [Gitte Spee](/source/Gitte_Spee) (born 1950), Dutch illustrator

- [Gitte Sunesen](/source/Gitte_Sunesen) (born 1971), Danish handball player

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nanol_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nanol_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-nanol_1-2) Nancy L. Coleman; Olav Veka (2010). [*A Handbook of Scandinavian Names*](https://muse.jhu.edu/book/1163). Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 8. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780299248338](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780299248338).

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