Bríghid

[ˈbriːɪd]

Background Story

The sources checked record no meaning, origin or use for Bríghid as a name.

Brigid, Bríd

Old Norse name of a jötunn, the mother of Odin, Vili and Vé

Variant of Blair, from Scottish Gaelic blàr, meaning "plain", "meadow" or "field"

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Irish variant of brighid; 'exalted one'

Old Norse Freyja, from freyja, "lady", from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ

Irish feminine name, from French Jeanette, from Hebrew Yohanan, "God is gracious"

Possibly from the rare Hawaiian name ʻAilani or the Spanish name Aylén

Irish feminine given name, a variant of Eileen