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BRIDGET
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Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: BRIJ-ət (English) [key]
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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. Though usually translated as Bridget, the Scandinavian name Birgitta (made popular by the 14th-century Saint Birgitta of Sweden, patron saint of Europe) may in fact derive from a different source. |
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