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Brita (female)

Variants:Britt (F)
Derivative of:Birgit (F)
Can be spelt:Britta (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Private communication [B]
Notes:

Swedish derivative of Birgit, the Scandinavian form of Brighid/Bridget, of uncertain origin.

Brita was the name of a Swedish warrior princess.
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