Brigid (given name)

Brigid is a feminine given name, of which Bridget is a later variation.

Mythology

• Brigid, goddess of pre-Christian Ireland

People

• Brigid of Kildare (c. 451 – 525), Irish Christian Saint
• Brigid Arthur (born 1934), Australian nun and litigation guardian
• Brigid Balfour (1914–1994), British scientist
• Brigid Bazlen (1944–1989), American actress
• Brigid Berlin (1939–2020), American artist
• Brigid Boden, Irish singer
• Brigid Brannagh (born 1972), American actress
• Brigid Brophy (1929–1995), British novelist
• Brigid Carroll, New Zealand professor of management
• Brigid Dawson, American singer
• Brigid Foley (1887–1970), Irish nationalist
• Lady Brigid Guinness (1920–1995), Anglo-Irish wife of Prince Frederick of Prussia
• Brigid Harrington (born 2000), American actress
• Brigid Callahan Harrison (born 1965), American political scientist
• Brigid Hogan (born 1943), British-American biologist
• Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins (1932–2022), Irish politician
• Brigid Hughes, American author
• Brigid Keenan (born 1939), British writer born in India
• Brigid Kosgei (born 1994), Kenyan marathon runner
• Brigid Makowski (1937–2017), Irish politician
• Brigid Lyons Thornton (1896–1987), Irish doctor and revolutionary
• Brigid Tunney (1886–1975), Irish singer

Fictional Characters

• Brigid Tenenbaum, a fictional character in the video game series BioShock.

See also

• Brigid's cross