Entry № 1510 · Lithuanian origin

Birutė Birutė — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BEE-roo-teh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Lithuanian
Meaning
"Lithuanian princess (mother of Vytautas)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Lithuanian)

A name that means "lithuanian princess (mother of vytautas)".

Birutė is from the Old Lithuanian biruti (to scatter, sprinkle). Birutė (c. 1330-1382) was the Lithuanian pagan priestess who became the wife of Grand Duke Kęstutis and mother of Vytautas the Great, the most celebrated ruler of medieval Lithuania.

Her tomb on Birutė Hill at Palanga is a national pilgrimage site.

Pagan priestess-queen. Mother of Vytautas the Great.

The name in its native script.

Birutė
Transliteration
Birutė
Pronunciation
/ ˈbiː.ruː.tɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Birutė stands.

Birutė 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.

Birutės before her.

Real people
Birutė
Lithuanian priestess-queen.
c. 1330 – 1382
In fiction
Birutė
Subject of Lithuanian opera and poetry.

Names connected to Birutė.

The number behind Birutė.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Birutė reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.