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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

BrigitteIn Hebrew: בריז׳יט · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Brigitte (Hebrew: בריז׳יט) is a girl's name of international origin. 89 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1957, with 15 babies.

People in Israel
89
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1957
15 babies
USA, 2025
59
rank #2,859

Writing and saying Brigitte

In Hebrew letters the name is בריז׳יט, read right to left. Brigitte is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Brigitte by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Brigitte: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Brigitte in English-speaking countries

Brigitte in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202559#2,8591960 (314)
Alberta20251#2,5381983 (4)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Brigitte has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Brigitte

How do you write Brigitte in Hebrew?

Brigitte is written בריז׳יט in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Brigitte?

89 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name בריז׳יט: 89 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Brigitte a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named בריז׳יט are women.

Is Brigitte used outside Israel?

The name Brigitte appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 59 girls were given it in 2025 (#2,859), per the Social Security Administration.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.