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Britta (also spelled Brita) is a female given name that is a variant of the Swedish name Birgitta, which is a form of the Irish Gaelic name Brighid (Bridget in English). The name Britta became popular in Scandinavia and Germany because of St. Bridget of Sweden .
Britta, Brigitte, Bridget, Brigita, Birgit Birgitta is the Swedish and Icelandic form of the Irish Gaelic female name Brighid . Brighid or Brigid was the name of an ancient Celtic goddess, and its English form is Bridget .
Bridget is an Irish female name derived from the Gaelic noun brígh, meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". [1] An alternative meaning of the name is "exalted one". [ 2 ] Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of Saint Brigid of Kildare , who was so popular in Ireland she was known as "Mary of the Gael ".
Bridget of Sweden, OSsS (c. 1303 – 23 July 1373), born Birgitta Birgersdotter and also known as Birgitta of Vadstena (Swedish: heliga Birgitta), was a Swedish ...
Ran by 4 siblings, Brookie, Bryndi, Britta, and Brayden Goodlin, this page gives us a glimpse at life in a household that, according to their Instagram bio, rescues dogs that are set to be ...
Bridget, 13 years her junior, is the youngest (playing Sam, she is one of three kids). Looking through old Everett family photos recently, she notes of Brinton, "there's all these pictures of her ...
Gillian MacLaren Jacobs (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l i ə n /; born October 19, 1982) is an American actress.She is known for playing Britta Perry in the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), Mickey Dobbs in the Netflix romantic comedy series Love (2016–2018), and Mary Jayne Gold in Transatlantic (2023), also on Netflix.
Brigid or Brigit (/ ˈ b r ɪ dʒ ɪ d, ˈ b r iː ɪ d / BRIJ-id, BREE-id, Irish: [ˈbʲɾʲiːdʲ]; meaning 'exalted one'), [1] also Bríd, is a goddess of pre-Christian Ireland.She appears in Irish mythology as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the daughter of the Dagda and wife of Bres, with whom she had a son named Ruadán.