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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Bridget f. Old Irish Brigit, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī 'high, exalted'.

The name of an Irish goddess and a 6th C patron saint of Ireland, who were often confused with each other, another 6th C Irish saint, a 12th C queen consort of Sweden, and a 14th C Swedish saint.

England
Latin
● 1567 Brigitta (nom) Chst-1 p. 11
Early Modern English
● 1530 Brigyt LIWill-III p. 21; 1553 Bregyte BarnstapleBap p. 8, Briget StAnthonlin p. 10; 1554 Brigett BEmar-vol1 p. 5; 1555 Brigett ibid. p. 5; 1557 Brydgett PRThirsk p. 2, Bryget BarnstapleBap p. 10; 1558 Brigett BEmar-vol1 p. 6; 1560/1 Brigett ibid. p. 7; 1562 Bridget BEmar-vol2 p. 53, Bryget WAmar-1 p. 76; 1565 Bridget StMaryA p. 4; 1568 Bridgett ExMar 2b; 1570 Brigett BEmar-vol1 p. 9; 1571 Brigitta HAmar-vol9 p. 2; 1573/4 Bridgett BEmar-vol1 p. 9; 1573 Bridgett Bar-in-El p. 21, HAmar-vol9 p. 68; 1574/5 Bridget BEmar-vol1 p. 9; 1574 Bridget RegBisham p. 3, Brigit StAnthonlin p. 23; 1575 Bridget BEmar-vol1 p. 9; 1578/9 Bridgett RegBisham p. 4; 1579 Bridget BEmar-vol1 p. 10, Bridgett ibid. p. 10, Brydget BEmar-vol2 p. 129; 1582 Bridged bruton-vol1 p. 7; 1583 Bridget DEmar-vol2 p. 8; 1584 Bridget BUmar-vol2 p. 64; 1585 Brigett COmar-vol2 p. 49; 1586 Bridget DEmar-vol2 p. 12; 1587/8 Bridget BEmar-vol1 p. 12; 1587 Bridget ibid. p. 12, DEmar-vol2 p. 14, StAnthonlin p. 32; 1588 Bridgit ibid. p. 33, Brigit ibid. p. 33; 1589 Bridget BEmar-vol1 p. 13, CAmar-vol1 p. 4, DEmar-vol2 p. 18; 1591 Brdget BEmar-vol1 p. 15, Bridget BEmar-vol2 p. 54; 1592 Bridgesse CAmar-vol1 p. 5; 1593 Bridgett BEmar-vol1 p. 16, Brigett bruton-vol1 p. 52; 1595 Bridget BEmar-vol2 p. 54; 1596 Bridget DEmar-vol2 p. 34; 1597 Bridget COmar-vol2 p. 50, DEmar-vol1 p. 87; 1598/9 Bridget BEmar-vol1 p. 17; 1598 Bridget DEmar-vol2 p. 39
Estonia
Middle Low German
● 1550 Byrgytte (nom) Kalakaupmees p. 257
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
● 1548 Biritta Audén1980 p. 168
Germany
Early New High German
● 1497 Brigita Nurn1497 68
Italy
Latin
● 1265x1339 Brigida (nom) BBC-Berg 3
Latvia
Middle Low German
● 1461 Berrite Mettig1892 p. 5; 1463 Biritte ibid. p. 7
◑ 1507 Britte Mettig1892 p. 5
Spain
Latin
● 1487 Brigida (nom) carbonell-I p. 11; 1488 Brigida (nom) ibid. p. 23
Catalan
● 1510 Brigida valencia1510 3412
Sweden
Latin
● 1350 Birghitte (dat) SDHK no. 6024, Birgitte (dat) ibid. no. 6037
Ukraine
Latin
● 1469 Brigida (abl) AGZ-18 12, Brigidam (acc) ibid. 12
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Bridget". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Bridget.