Brighid
Brigid or Brigit, also Bríg, is a goddess of pre-Christian Ireland. She appears in Irish mythology as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the daughter of the Dagda and wife of Bres, with whom she had a son named Ruadán.
- Irish
- Irish Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Brighid
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Brigid or Brigit, also Bríg, is a goddess of pre-Christian Ireland. She appears in Irish mythology as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the daughter of the Dagda and wife of Bres, with whom she had a son named Ruadán.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Irish
- Irish Mythology
The Story of Brighid
The earliest SSA record of Brighid as a baby girl name dates back to 1975, when 5 babies received it. 2004 was its biggest year on record, with 25 newborns named Brighid — #5,062 in the national rankings. About 30% of every Brighid on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Brighid last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 524 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Brighid
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About the name Brighid
Brighid is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 524 births in the dataset. Brighid's peak popularity came in 2004 when it ranked #5,062. Use the chart and map above to compare Brighid's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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