Gitte (name)

Gitte is a feminine given name which is mostly used in Denmark, but is also popular in Belgium. It is a reduced version of Birgitte. The name was particularly popular in the 1960s and 1970s.{{cite book|author1=Nancy L. Coleman|author2=Olav Veka|title=A Handbook of Scandinavian Names|year=2010|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/1163|location=Madison, WI|isbn=9780299248338

|page=8}} Notable people with the name include:

• Gitte Aaen (born 1981), Danish handball player
• Gitte Andersen (footballer) (born 1977), Danish football player
• Gitte Andersen (handballer) (born 1989), Danish handball player
• Gitte Dæhlin (1956–2012), Norwegian sculptor
• Gitte Haenen (born 1986), Belgian paralympic athlete
• Gitte Hænning (born 1946), Danish singer and film actress
• Gitte Hansen (born 1961), Danish football player
• Gitte Haslebo (born 1943), Danish scientist and author
• Gitte Karlshøj (born 1959), Danish athlete
• Gitte Krogh (born 1977), Danish football player
• Gitte Larsen, Danish curler
• Gitte Lillelund Bech (born 1969), Danish politician
• Gitte Lindstrøm (born 1975), Danish ballet dancer
• Gitte Madsen (born 1969), Danish handball player
• Gitte Moos Knudsen, Danish neurobiologist and neurologist
• Gitte Pedersen (born 1979), Danish football player
• Gitte Seeberg (born 1960), Danish politician and lawyer
• Gitte Spee (born 1950), Dutch illustrator
• Gitte Sunesen (born 1971), Danish handball player