Bridgette

  • [ BRIJ-ət ]
  • English
Variant of BRIDGET.

BRIDGET   female   Irish, English, Irish Mythology
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.
EQUIVALENTS
CROATIAN: Brigita
DANISH: Berit, Birgit, Birgitta, Birgitte
DUTCH: Brigitta
ENGLISH: Bridget
FAROESE: Birita
FINNISH: Birgitta, Piritta
FRENCH: Brigitte
GERMAN: Birgit, Brigitta, Brigitte
HUNGARIAN: Brigitta
ICELANDIC: Birgitta
IRISH MYTHOLOGY: Bridget, Brighid, Brigid, Brigit
IRISH: Breda, Bríd, Bride, Bridget, Brighid, Brigid
ITALIAN: Brigida
LATVIAN: Brigita
MANX: Breeshey
NORWEGIAN: Berit, Birgit, Birgitta, Birgitte
POLISH: Brygida
PORTUGUESE: Brígida
SLOVENE: Brigita
SPANISH: Brigida
SWEDISH: Berit, Birgit, Birgitta
WELSH: Ffraid
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
DANISH: Birte, Birthe, Brita, Britt, Britta, Gitte
ENGLISH: Bee, Biddy, Delia
FINNISH: Brita, Pirjo, Pirkko, Priita, Riitta
GERMAN: Gitta
IRISH: Bedelia, Biddy, Bidelia, Bridie
NORWEGIAN: Brit, Brita, Britt, Britta
SWEDISH: Brita, Britt, Britta, Gittan