Fun Facts About the Name Briggitte
- 132 babies named Briggitte: U.S. records list 132 babies given the name Briggitte from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Briggitte Mean?
Briggitte is a variant spelling of Brigitte, the French and German form of the English name Bridget. Its root is the Old Irish name Brigit, best known as the name of the Celtic goddess of poetry, healing, and metalworking. That Old Irish name is usually traced to brig, a word meaning "power, strength, or vigor." Some reference works instead link it to a Celtic element meaning "high" or "exalted," which is why the name is often glossed as "exalted one." Both explanations are given in standard name references, and the exact sense of the original name is not certain.
The Latinized form Brigida carried the name through medieval Europe, and Brigitte is the French and German descendant of that Latin form. The spelling Briggitte, with a doubled g and t, follows the same line of descent rather than a separate origin; it is a less common respelling of the French and German name.
Briggitte Name History & Origins
The earliest well-attested form of the name is Old Irish Brigit, borne by a pre-Christian goddess associated with poetry, healing, and smithcraft. The same name was taken by Saint Brigid of Kildare (c. 451 - 525), one of Ireland's patron saints, whose cult made the name widely known in Irish and, through Latin writing, beyond Ireland.
Latinized as Brigida, the name passed into Old French as Brigide and into Middle English as Brigit, which developed into the modern English Bridget. The form Brigitte belongs to French and German, both descended from the Latin Brigida. A related Scandinavian form appears in the name of Saint Birgitta (Bridget) of Sweden (1303 - 1373), which represents the same name in its Swedish shape. In the 20th century the French actress Brigitte Bardot was a widely known bearer of the French form.
The spelling Briggitte is a variant of Brigitte rather than a distinct name with its own history. Doubled consonants in names of French and German origin often reflect spelling conventions rather than a different source, and Briggitte is used alongside the more familiar Bridget, Brigid, Birgitta, and Brigitte.
How Popular is the Name Briggitte?
Briggitte has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #3,636 in 1959.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,268 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2024 | #5,632 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 1990 | #11,592 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #7,104 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #6,901 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #6,668 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #5,875 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #5,533 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #5,351 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #4,567 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #3,805 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1960 | #3,713 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1959 | #3,636 | 12 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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