Bridget

Bridget or Brigid is a Gaelic/Irish female name derived from the noun brígh, meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". An alternate meaning of the name is "exalted one". Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of Saint Brigid of Kildare, who was so popular in Ireland she was known as "Mary of the Gael". This saint took on many of the characteristics of the early Celtic goddess Brigid, who was the goddess of agriculture and healing and possibly also of poetry and fire. One of her epithets was "Brigid of the Holy Fire". In German and Scandinavian countries, the popularity of the name spread due to Saint Bridget of Sweden.
In the Irish language, the name is spelled Brighid or Bríd and is pronounced "bree-yid" or "breej". In the Scottish Gaelic language, the name is spelled Brìghde and is pronounced "breej-eh" At one time the name was so popular for Irish girls that Bridey was used as a slang term for an Irish girl in English-speaking countries. Some Irish servant girls were called Biddie or Biddy by their employers even if that wasn't their real first name. It has been steadily used in the United States throughout the 20th century, though never among the top 100 most popular names for girls. It was most popular in the 1970s, when it ranked as the 153rd most popular name for girls born in that decade in the United States. In 2006, it was the 349th most popular female given name in the United States; in 2007 it fell to 357th place. It was ranked as the 367th most common name for girls and women in the United States in the 1990 census.

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Fem. proper name, from Irish Brighid, fire goddess, from brigh "strength," from Celtic *brig-o-, from PIE *bhrgh-nt- "high, mighty," from root *bhrgh- "high" (see borough).

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Anglicized form of the Irish name Brighid, means: the exalted one, the high one, strength; mythological Celtic goddess of fire and poetry. From Celtic noun brigh: power, strength, vigor and virtue.

Britta, Bergit, Birgitta, Brigitte, Birgit

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Bridget Moynahan	1971	American actress, model
2	Bridget Fonda	1964	Actress
3	Bridget Jones		Fictional character
4	Bridget Marquardt	1973	American model
5	Bridget Powers	1980	American pornographic actress, mainstream film actress, and musician
6	Bridget Everett	1972	American comedian
7	Bridget Riley	1931	British painter
8	Bridget Christie	1971	British comedian
9	Bridget of Sweden	1303	Swedish saint
10	Bridget Anne Kelly	1972	American political consultant
11	Bridget Hall	1977	American model
12	Bridget Bishop	1632	Woman executed for witchcraft during Salem witch trials
13	Bridget Sloan	1992	American gymnast, Olympic silver medalist, world champion
14	Bridget Forrester
15	Bridget of York	1480	English nun
16	Bridget Kelly	1986	American singer-songwriter
17	Bridget Dowling	1891	Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law via her marriage to Alois Hitler, Jr.
18	Bridget "Bee" Vreeland		Fictional human
19	Bridget Cleary		Irish woman executed as aalleged witch
20	Bridget Malcolm	1992	Australian model
21	Bridget Hoffman	1995	American actress
22	Bridget Hanley	1941	American actress
23	Bridget Kendall	1956	English reporter
24	Bridget Jones Nelson	1964	Screenwriter, actress
25	Bridget (Guilty Gear)
26	Bridget Turner	1939	British actress
27	Bridget Driscoll	1851	First pedestrian victim of an automobile collision
28	Bridget Hodson		English actress
29	Bridget O'Connor	1961	Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
30	Bridget Carey	1984	American technology journalist
31	Bridget Carpenter		American screenwriter
32	Bridget Mary McCormack		American judge
33	Bridget Bate Tichenor	1917	Mexican artist, surrealist painter, fashion editor
34	Bridget St John	1946	British singer-songwriter
35	Bridget Phillipson	1983	British politician
36	Bridget Neval	1985	Australian actress
37	Bridget McKenzie	1969	Australian politician
38	Bridget Cromwell	1624	Oliver Cromwell's daughter
39	Bridget Kearney		Musician and composer
40	Bridget Flanery	1970	American actress
41	Bridget Wishart	1962	English singer and musician
42	Bridget Pettis	1971	American basketball player, guard
43	Bridget Allchin	1927	English archaeologist, specializing in South Asian archaeology
44	Bridget D'Oyly Carte	1908	British opera manager
45	Bridget Maasland	1974	Dutch television presenter
46	Bridget van Kralingen		South African business executive
47	Bridget Prentice	1952	British politician
48	Bridget Boland	1913	Irish-British screenwriter, playwright and novelist
49	Bridget Franek	1987	Track and field athlete
50	Bridget Ogilvie	1938	Australian scientist
51	Bridget Gainer		American politician
52	Bridget Benenate		American songwriter
53	Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland	1896	Scottish noble
54	Bridget Bedard		American screenwriter
55	Bridget Bendish	1650	Oliver Cromwell's grand daughter
56	Bridget Perrier	1977	Canadian activist
57	Bridget Rosewell	1951	British economist
58	Bridget Rowe	1950	British newspaper editor
59	Bridget Holmes	1591	English servant
60	Bridget Cherry	1941	British architectural historian
61	Bridget Moran	1923	Canadian writer and activist
62	Bridget Masinga	1981	South African on-air-personality and actress
63	Bridget Pastoor	1940	Canadian politician
64	Bridget Smith	1966	British artist
65	Bridget Bobel	1980	American model
66	Bridget Redmond	1905	Irish politician
67	Bridget Namiotka	1990	Figure skater
68	Bridget Parker	1939	Equestrian
69	Bridget Tan
70	Brigida Haraldsdotter	1131	Norwegian princess
71	Lady Bridget Wingfield		Lady in waiting to Anne Bolyn
72	Bridget de Vere, Countess of Berkshire	1584	English noblewoman
73	Bridget Adams	1928	Figure skater
74	Bridget Gilling	1922	Australian activist
75	Bridget Bevan	1698	Welsh philanthropist
76	Bridget Sequeira	1905	Indian Religious Sister and foundress
77	Bridget Dwyer	1980	Professional golfer
78	Bridget Williams	1948
79	Bridget Breiner	1974	American dancer
80	Bridget Diver		American civil war character
81	Bridget McEvilly	1946	British nurse
82	Bridget Cracroft-Eley	1933	British secretary, farmer and magistrate
83	Bridget Wilmes		American model
84	Bridget Elizabeth Talbot	1885	British politician
85	Bridget Barrett		Irish murder victim
86	Bridget Pickering		Namibian film producer
87	Bridget Renee Kendall		American writer
88	Bridget Harrison	1971	British journalist
89	Bridget Chaworth		English noble
90	Bridget Walters		Australian actress
91	Bridget Motha	1986	Association footballer
92	Bridget Plowden	1910	British educational reformer
93	Bridget Flannery	1959	Irish artist
94	Bridget Regan	1975	American singer and musician
95	Bridget McKeever	1983	Irish field hockey player
96	Bridget Shield
97	Bridget Bostock		English faith healer
98	Bridget Goodwin	1827	Goldminer, character
99	Bridget Rice	1885	Irish politician
100	Bridget Johnson
101	Bridget Doyle		Camogie player
102	Bridget McDonough		American theatre director
103	Bridget Harris
104	Bridget Stutchbury
105	Bridget Pitt		South African writer, environmental activist and art teacher
106	Bridget Holloman	1955	American actress
107	Shamim Bangi	1993	Badminton player
108	Brigitte de Fiesole		Irish saint
109	Bridget Brunnick	1968	American navy officer and ultramarathon runner
110	Bridget Divers
111	Bridget Katsriku		A Ghanaian Public Servant and first female director of the Public Service
112	Bridget McManus
113	Bridget Cooper	1930	Badminton player
114	Bridget Patterson
115	Bridget Robinson	1940	British javelin thrower and sprinter
116	Bridget Derham	1943	English artist
117	Bridget Hill	1922	British historian and feminist
118	Bridget Terry Long
119	Bridget Baker	1971