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), 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 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 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 (Overwatch), character in the 2016 video game
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