Given name

Brygid

Brygid is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Brygid is a variant of Bridget. A possible origin is Irish, although the derivation remains uncertain.

Explained through its name family

The story

Brygid 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.

Explained through its name family

Brygid’s family of names

Brygid has a related form in Bridget.

Walk Brygid’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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Mythological

Bryga

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse · Mythological

Bryndís

“armored goddess”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Mythological

Brigette

19Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Mythological

Brigit

“high, exalted”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Mythological

Brigitta

13Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Mythological

Ismyn

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Uchdreid

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse · Mythological

Svanhild

“swan” · “battle”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Brygid’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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