title: Brigid (given name)
text: # 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
  