Is Bridget in the Bible? No, It Is the Irish Name of Saint Brigid

Bridget is not in the Bible. It is the English form of the Irish Brighid, from an old Celtic name meaning “the exalted one.” The name belonged to an Irish goddess before it belonged to Saint Brigid of Kildare, the fifth-century abbess through whom it became a Christian name. Where does the name Bridget come from? Bridget is an anglicized form of the Irish Brighid, Old Irish Brigit, which comes from the Celtic Brigantī, “the exalted one” or “the high…