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. ^[1] Notable people with the name include:

• Brigitte Amm, German rower
• Brigitte Bardot (born 1934), French actress and singer
• Brigitte Becue (born 1972), Belgian breaststroke swimmer
• Brigitte Bierlein (born 1949), Austrian jurist and politician
• Brigitte Engerer (1952–2012), French pianist
• Brigitte Fronzek (1952-2021) German SPD politician and mayor of Elmshorn from 1996 to 2013
• Brigitte Fossey (born 1946), French actress
• Brigitte Foster-Hylton (born 1974), Jamaican hurdling athlete
• Brigitte Gabriel, Lebanese-American activist and founder of hate group ACT
• Brigitte Girardin (born 1953), French diplomat and 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 Soucy (born 1972), Canadian volleyball player
• Brigitte Steden (1949–1999), Former West German badminton player
• 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

1. "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)