Same Name?!--Bridget

Poor confused Bridget. To some, she's an underused classic; to others, inescapably 70s'; and to many, quintessential Irish. One of the many goddess-names that has made it into common use; she's also the name of two saints, and has thus spread throughout the Western World.

Original Irish form: Brighid (BREED. BREEJ)
English form: Bridget (BRIJ-et)

Other forms:

• Berit (BEHR-it)--Scandinavian
• Birgitta (beer-GEE-tah)--Scandinavian
• Bricia (BREE-see-ah)--Spanish [may also be from Bricius]
• Brighde (BREE-jeh)--Scottish
• Brigida (BREE-hee-dah)--Spanish
• Brígida (BREE-zhee-dah)--Portuguese
• Brigitte (bree-ZHEET)--French
• Brygida (bri-GEE-dah)--Polish
• Ffraid (FRIDE)--Welsh
• Piritta (PEER-eet-tah)--Finnish