Biruta or Birutė is a Latvian and Lithuanian feminine given name, which means "snow", derived from the Lithuanian word byrančiu.[1][2] The associated name day is June 1.[3]
.jpg) Grand Duchess of Lithuania Birutė | |
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Name day | February 5 |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | From Lithuanian Birutė |
| Meaning | Snow |
| Region of origin | Latvia, Lithuania |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Birutė |
Letovia
editPeople with the name include:
- Birutė of Palanga (died 1382), Grand Duchess of Lithuania, worshiped as a female deity
- Biruta Baumane (born 1922), Latvian painter
- Birutė Ciplijauskaitė (born 1929), Lithuanian literary scholar
- Birutė Dominauskaitė (born 1973), Soviet Lithuanian basketball player
- Birutė Galdikas (born 1946), Canadian anthropologist
- Biruta Hulanicki, younger sister of Polish fashion designer Barbara Hulanicki, and namesake of fashion store Biba
- Rūta Birutė Jokubonienė (1930–2010), Lithuanian textile artist
- Birutė Kalėdienė (born 1934, née Zalogaitytė), Lithuanian athlete
- Birutė Kavaliauskienė, mother of Lithuanian basketball player Antanas Kavaliauskas
- Biruta Khertseva-Khertsberga (born 1944), Soviet slalom canoeist
- Birutė Landsbergis, Lithuanian musician, daughter of Vytautas Landsbergis
- Biruta Lewaszkiewicz-Petrykowska (1927–2022), judge of the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland
- Birutė Mikalonienė, Lithuanian translator
- Birutė Nedzinskienė (1955–1994), Lithuanian politician
- Biruta Ozolina, wife of the Italian ambassador to Thailand, featured in the painting The White and the Black
- Birutė Paukštienė, director of the Ignalina Mikas Petrauskas music school
- Birute Regine, British business consultant of Harvest Associates, wife of Roger Lewin
- Birutė Šakickienė (born 1968) Lithuanian rower
- Birutė Neringa Simonaitis, daughter of Erdmonas Simonaitis
- Biruta Skujeniece, Latvian actress-poet sister of Marģers Skujenieks
- Birutė Užkuraitytė (born 1953), Lithuanian swimmer
- Birutė Valionytė (born 1956), Lithuanian politician
- Birutė Vėsaitė (born 1951), Lithuanian politician
Characters
editFictional characters with this name include:
- Biruta (dog), a fictional dog created by Lygia Fagundes Telles, from the eponymous short story Biruta.
- Biruta Aze, a fictional character from the 1947 Soviet film Victorious Return
- Biruta Baiba, a fictional character from the 2016 Latvian film The Chronicles of Melanie
References
edit- ^ Legitimate Baby Names. "Biruta, Birutė". Retrieved on 22 January 2016.
- ^ Baby Name Wizard. "Biruta". Retrieved on 22 January 2016.
- ^ vardadienas.lv. "Jūnijs" (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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