Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Brigit
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- Celtic goddess of fire and fertility and agriculture and household arts and wisdom; later associated with Saint Bridget
Wiktionary
From Proto-Celtic *Brigantī (“high, exalted”).
- (Irish mythology) The goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare and the patron goddess of the Druids. Daughter of the Dagdae of the Túatha Dé Danann.
- (Christianity) Brigid of Kildare (c. 451–521), an Irish saint partly confused with the goddess.
- A female given name from Proto-Celtic, equivalent to English Bridget