Brigid (given name)
# 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 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
