Bridget

Anglicized variation of Gaelic Brighid

"strength or exalted one"

Bridget Origin and Meaning

The name Bridget is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "strength or exalted one".

Bridget is the Anglicized form of Brigid, an Irish-Gaelic name that was derived from the word brígh, which means "strength."

Bridget is the name of the most famous female saint of Ireland, who became the patroness of her country, as well as patron saint of scholars, poets and healers. Because of her sanctity, the name did not come into common use in Ireland until the seventeenth century, after which it became wildly popular. Bridget eventually came to be used as a pejorative name for an Irishwoman; Irish maids in the early 20th century US were derogatorily called "the Bridgets."

One of the earliest Irish names for girls to immigrate to the USA, Bridget, the most familiar form of the name of the Celtic goddess of wisdom, is still used by traditionalists but also carries some modern spark and a great meaning. Bridget is one of the exclusive group of girl names that mean strong, brave, or powerful.

According to Irish myth, there were three sister goddesses named Brigid: the goddess of poetry, the goddess of healing, and the goddess of agriculture. Most prominent Bridgets today are actresses Fonda and Moynahan, op artist Bridget Riley, and the fictional hapless Bridget Jones—she and her diary the protagonist of four books, three movies, and even a musical.

Irish variants include Brighid, Brigid (as in the devious character in The Maltese Falcon), Bridie, Biddy, Brid and Bedelia.

Bridget Rank in US Top 1000

# 748 in the US

Bridget Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 208 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Bridget

• 748 US 2023
• 208 Nameberry 2025
• 697 England 2023

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Famous People Named Bridget

• Saint Bridget of Sweden 14th century mystic
• Bridget Cromwell Ireton Oliver Cromwell's favourite daughter, wife of Major,General Henry Ireton
• Bridget Jane Fonda American actress
• Bridget Hall American supermodel
• Bridget Christina Marquardt American model and reality TV star
• (Kathryn) Bridget Moynahan American actress and model
• Bridget Catherine Regan American actress
• Bridget Elizabeth Sloan American gymnast
• Bridget Malcolm Australian model
• Bridget Monroe Pope (b. 2014) daughter of TV personality Rosie Pope

The name Bridget in Pop Culture

• Bridget Jones main character in Bridget Jones's Diary series
• Bridget Vreeland character in the The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
• Bridget Hennessy character on TV's "8 Simple Rules"
• Bridget character in movie "Coney Island Baby"
• Bridget Kelly character on TV series "Ringer"
• Bridget character in Moms' Night Out
• Bridget Tice character in the YouTube series "Most Popular Girls in School"
• Bridget Barsamian main character in "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
• Bridget giraffe character in the animated film The Wild
• Bridget Forrester character in American soap The Bold and the Beautiful
• Bridget character in the video game series Guilty Gear
• Bridget Irish mouse in animated film "An American Tail"
• Satellizer el Bridget character from the manga/anime "Freezing"
• Bridget/Sacha/Sascha/Lola Evans character in the TV series "extr@"

International Variations of the name Bridget

• Bríd Irish
• Piritta Finnish
• Riitta Finnish
• Ffraid Welsh
• Breda Irish
• Brygid Polish
• Pirjo Finnish
• Brighid Irish
• Gitta German
• Brigid Irish
• Birgitta Scandinavian
• Gittan Swedish
• Brigitte French
• Brita Swedish
• Birte Norwegian
• Brygida Polish
• Brigitta Swedish
• Bride Irish
• Birgitte Norwegian
• Pirkko Finnish
• Brigida Italian
• Berget Swedish
• Berit Norwegian
• Britta Swedish
• Birgit Norwegian
• Bridgette Scandinavian
• Britt Swedish