Bridget name - Meaning of Bridget
- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 11
- Usage
- Irish, English, Irish Mythology
- Pronounced
- BRIJ-ət (English)
- Bridget Meaning
- Anglicized form of the Irish name Brighid which means "exalted one". In Irish mythology this was the name of the goddess of fire, poetry and wisdom, the daughter of the god Dagda. In the 5th century it was borne by Saint Brigid, the founder of a monastery at Kildare and a patron saint of Ireland. Because of the saint, the name was considered sacred in Ireland, and it did not come into general use there until the 17th century. In the form Birgitta this name has been common in Scandinavia, made popular by the 14th-century Saint Birgitta of Sweden, patron saint of Europe. Bridget originates in Irish language and means "powerful, strong". Bridget was the name of several saints, as well as a goddess in Celtic mythology. Until today, it is mainly popular in Ireland, in the United States its usage declines. The name was popularized by the character Bridget Jones, in the novel and subsequent film Bridget Jones"s Diary, starring Renee Zellweger.
Bridget Related Names
Variants: Breda, Bríd, Bride, Brighid, Brigid (Irish), Bridgette (English), Brighid, Brigit, Brigid (Irish Mythology), Bridhid, Biddy, Bedelia, Brigita, Brigitte, Brigida, Berit, Birgitta, Piritta
Diminutives: Bedelia, Biddy, Bidelia (Irish), Bee, Biddy (English)
Other Languages: Brigita (Croatian), Birgit, Birgitta, Birgitte, Berit, Birte, Birthe, Brita, Britt, Britta (Danish), Brigitta (Dutch), Birgitta, Piritta, Brita, Pirjo, Pirkko, Priita, Riitta (Finnish), Brigitte (French), Brigitta, Brigitte, Gitta, Gitte (German), Brigitta (Hungarian), Brigida (Italian), Brigita (Latvian), Breeshey (Manx), Birgit, Birgitta, Berit, Brit, Brita, Britt, Britta (Norwegian), Brygida (Polish), Brígida (Portuguese), Brigita (Slovene), Brigida (Spanish), Birgit, Birgitta, Berit, Brita, Britt, Britta, Gittan (Swedish), Ffraid (Welsh)
Bridget Celebrities
Bridget Fonda - actress, Bridget Hall - model, Bridget McKenna - writer, Bridget Moynahan - actress, Bridget Riley - British artist,
