Biddy

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