Brigid

Where Brigid comes from

From Irish Brighid, from Old Irish Brigit, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī (“high, exalted”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Brigid
  • Irish
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 451
    Brigid of Kildare born
    Irish abbess and saint
  2. 1917
    First appearance
    #4,083 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1965
    Peak, #944
    117 babies named Brigid — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,698.
  5. 1994
    Brigid Kosgei born
    Kenyan long-distance runner
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish, equivalent to English Bridget, sometimes borrowed from Irish.
Namesakes
  • Brigid of Kildare · Irish abbess and saint, 451–525
  • Brigid Kosgei · Kenyan long-distance runner, born 1994
  • Brigid Brannagh · American actress, born 1972
  • Brigid Brophy · British novelist, literary critic, polemicist, 1929–1995
  • Brigid Bazlen · American actress, 1944–1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.