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Biruta (given name)

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Gender
  
Female

Word/name
  
From Lithuanian Birutė

Region of origin
  
Latvia, Lithuania

Name day
  
June 1

Meaning
  
Snow

Related names
  
Birutė

Biruta or Birutė is a Latvian and Lithuanian feminine given name, which means "snow", derived from the Lithuanian word byrančiu. The associated name day is June 1. The name may refer to:

  • Birutė (died 1382), Grand Duchess of Lithuania
  • Biruta Baumane (born 1922), Latvian painter
  • Birutė Ciplijauskaitė (born 1929), Lithuanian literary scholar
  • Birutė Galdikas (born 1946), Canadian anthropologist
  • Birutė Kalėdienė (born 1934), Lithuanian athlete
  • Biruta Khertseva-Khertsberga (born 1944), Soviet slalom canoeist
  • Biruta Lewaszkiewicz-Petrykowska (born 1927), judge of the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland
  • Birutė Nedzinskienė (1955–1994), Lithuanian politician
  • Birutė Užkuraitytė (born 1953), Lithuanian swimmer
  • Birutė Valionytė (born 1956), Lithuanian politician
  • Birutė Vėsaitė (born 1951), Lithuanian politician
  • References

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