Entry № 1507 · Icelandic origin

Birta Birta — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BEER-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Icelandic
Meaning
"Brightness, light"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Icelandic)

A name that means "brightness, light".

Birta is the Icelandic word for "brightness" or "light." Used as a modern Icelandic feminine name evoking the Nordic summer's endless daylight.

Birta is widely used in modern Iceland.

Brightness. The Icelandic summer light.

The name in its native script.

Birta
Transliteration
Birta
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɪər.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Birta stands.

Birta does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Birtas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Birta
Common in Icelandic fiction.

Names connected to Birta.

The number behind Birta.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Birta reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.