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Subject: Addition
Author: Satu   (Authenticated as _satu_)
Date: August 22, 2005 at 9:35:05 PM
Reply to: The name Bitten by Klaus
Hi Klaus,

Ylva is right, Bitten is a Danish pet form of Birgitte. It also reminds of the Danish vocabulary word bitte = 'bit'; Danish: lille bitte = 'tiny'.

http://www.nordicnames.de/flick_b/Birgitta.html

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