Brigitte

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), a French actress and singer
Brigitte Becue (born 1972), a Belgian breaststroke swimmer
Brigitte Bierlein (born 1949), an Austrian jurist and politician
Brigitte Engerer (1952–2012), a French pianist
Brigitte Fronzek (1952-2021) a German SPD politician and mayor of Elmshorn from 1996 to 2013
Brigitte Fossey (born 1946), a French actress
Brigitte Foster-Hylton (born 1974), a Jamaican hurdling athlete
Brigitte Gabriel, an 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 Lahaie (born 1955), a French porn actress
Brigitte Lin (born 1954), a Taiwanese actress
Brigitte Macron (born 1953), Emmanuel Macron's wife
Brigitte Mira (1910–2005), a German actress
Brigitte Mohnhaupt (born 1949), a German Red Army Faction member
Brigitte Nansoz (born 1962), a Swiss alpine skier
Brigitte Nielsen (born 1963), a Danish actress
Brigitte Poupart, Canadian actress and filmmaker
Brigitte Rintisch, German rower
Brigitte Sauriol (born 1945), Canadian film director and screenwriter
Brigitte Soucy (born 1972), a Canadian volleyball player
Brigitte Steden (1949–1999), Former West German badminton player
Brigitte Affidehome Tonon , Beninois researcher, author, basketball coach and former player

Fictional people[edit]

Brigitte (Overwatch), character in the 2016 video game
Brigitte Fitzgerald, character in the Ginger Snaps film trilogy
Brigitte "Spucki" Spuck, character in the 2004 parody film Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1