Given name & surname
Brigida
Brigida is a feminine given name. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Brigida is a variant of Bridget. A possible origin is Irish, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Brigida is a variant of Bridget. The history of Bridget gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Bridget is associated with the goddess of fire, wisdom, and poetry.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Brigida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 660
- 0 boys · 660 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,804 as a first name in 2020; 144 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Brigida’s family of names
Brigida shares a linguistic root with Bridget. In German usage, Brigida has a related form in Brigitte. Brigida has a related form in Bridget.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Brigida has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Brigittaequivalent
- Irishequivalent
- Birgitteequivalent
- Birgittaequivalent
- Brigitaequivalent
- Birgitequivalent
- Birgittequivalent
- Pirittaequivalent
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People named Brigida
- Bridget HaraldsdotterNorwegian princess1131–1208
- Brigida BantiItalian opera singer (1755–1806)1757–1806
- Brigida Morello Zancanoreligious Italian, founder of the Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate1610–1679
- Brigida BianchiItalian actress1613–1703
- Brigida LorenzaniItalian opera singer (1804–1881)
- Brigida Pico della MirandolaItalian noblewoman (1633–1720)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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