Briget
Feminine · “the exalted one (as Brigid)”
Briget is Bridget without the d, and in that it stands closer to the name's oldest written form than the familiar English spelling does. Old Irish wrote the name Brigit, and in Irish the g later fell silent altogether, which is why the modern Irish spelling is Bríd.
How old is the name Briget?
Briget first appears in US birth records in 1957 — 68 years ago. The typical Briget alive today was born around 1977, making them about 48 years old. About 500 people named Briget are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Briget most popular?
Briget peaked in 1974, reaching #3110 nationally. See the whole 1974 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Brigit (Old Irish) to Briget
The story of Briget
In Old Irish the name was written Brigit, and its g was already softened in speech. Over the centuries that sound disappeared: Irish spelling kept it for a long time as Brighid, where the gh is silent, and the standard modern form drops it entirely, Bríd, one syllable, said roughly 'breed'. English took the name in its written shape and added a d to make the familiar -dget of bridge and fidget. Briget sits between the two, with the Old Irish letters and the English sound, and no record explains when this spelling first appeared.
Meaning
the exalted one (as Brigid)
Briget is a spelling of Bridget, the English form of the Irish Brigit, traced to a Celtic root meaning 'high' or 'exalted', the same root behind the Brigantes, a people of ancient northern Britain.
How the name formed
- BrigitOld Irish
- BrighidIrish
- BridgetEnglish
- Briget
Related forms: Bríd · Ffraid · Birgitta · Brigitte
Pronouncing Briget
BRIJ-it
Meant to be said like Bridget. Without the d, some English readers will try BRIG-it, with a hard g as in target or forget.
Nicknames for Briget
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1957
- Most girls named
- 197422 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3110reached in 1974
- Change vs 2007
- 0.0%6 in 2012, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Briget in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Bríd in Irish — same name
- Ffraid in Welsh — related form
- Birgitta in Swedish — related form
- Brigitte in French — related form
Brigets among us
people named Briget are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
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Fashion outlook
Briget sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Stands on Bridget, a name with well over a thousand years of record in Ireland and wide use across Europe.
- Its spelling is close to the Old Irish form Brigit.
- Takes Bridie as a traditional short form.
- Most readers will assume the d was left out by mistake, and forms and teachers will add it back. Expect to spell it out.
- Some will read the g as hard; a quick word the first time fixes it.
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- How many Brigets are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Briget are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Briget in 2025?
- Briget is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Briget with classmates?
- Briget will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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