Brigitte
For other uses, see
Brigitte (disambiguation)
.
Brigitte
Gender
Female
Origin
Word/name
Irish
Meaning
Strong-willed
Other names
Related names
Bridget
,
Brigid
,
Brigitta
,
Birgit
Brigitte
is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Brigitte Amm
, German rower
Brigitte Bardot
(1934–2025), French actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist
Brigitte Becue
(born 1972), Belgian breaststroke swimmer
Brigitte Bierlein
(born 1949), Austrian jurist and politician
Brigitte Cuypers
(born 1955), South African tennis player
Brigitte Engerer
(1952–2012), French pianist
Brigitte Fossey
(born 1946), French actress
Brigitte Foster-Hylton
(born 1974), Jamaican hurdling athlete
Brigitte Fronzek
(1952–2021) German SPD politician
Brigitte Gabriel
, Lebanese-American activist and founder of hate group ACT
Brigitte Girardin
(born 1953), French diplomat and politician
Brigitte Gonthier-Maurin
(born 1956), French politician
Brigitte Haentjens
, French-born Canadian theatre director
Brigitte Hamann
(1940–2016), German-Austrian historian
Brigitte Laganière
(born 1996), Canadian ice hockey player
Brigitte Lahaie
(born 1955), French porn actress
Brigitte Lin
(born 1954), Taiwanese actress
Brigitte Macron
(born 1953), Emmanuel Macron's wife
Brigitte Millar
, English actress
Brigitte Mira
(1910–2005), German actress
Brigitte Mohnhaupt
(born 1949), German Red Army Faction member
Brigitte Nansoz
(born 1962), Swiss alpine skier
Brigitte Nielsen
(born 1963), Danish actress
Brigitte Poupart
, Canadian actress and filmmaker
Brigitte Rintisch
, German rower
Brigitte Sauriol
(born 1945), Canadian film director and screenwriter
Brigitte Seiwald
(born 1945), Austrian alpine skier
Brigitte Somfleth
(born 1953), German politician
Brigitte Soucy
(born 1972), Canadian volleyball player
Brigitte Steden
(1949–1999), Former West German badminton player
Brigitte Tamar, also known as
Gitte Tamar
, American horror fiction novelist
Brigitte Tsobgny
(born 1961), Cameroonian author, educator
Brigitte Affidehome Tonon
, Beninois researcher, author, basketball coach and former player
Fictional people
Brigitte Lindholm
, character in the 2016 video game
Overwatch
Brigitte Fitzgerald
, character in the
Ginger Snaps
film trilogy
Brigitte "Spucki" Spuck, a character in the 2004 parody film
Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1
Brigitta von Trapp, a character played by
Angela Cartwright
in the musical
The Sound of Music
Brigitte Winkelmann, a character played by
Lavinia Wilson
in the German TV series' "
Deutschland 86 & Deutschland 89
"
References
↑
"MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Brigitte"
. Archived from
the original
on 2011-10-06
. Retrieved
2009-03-11
.
See also
Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester
, wife of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Gitta (disambiguation)
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