Entry № 1642 · French origin

Brigitte Brigitte — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
French
Meaning
"Exalted, strength"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "exalted, strength".

Brigitte is the French and German form of Bridget, which descends from the Irish Brigid — the name of a powerful Celtic goddess and of Ireland's beloved Saint Brigid. Its meaning is the exalted one, or strength.

Exalted one — chic and strong.

The name in its native script.

Brigitte
Transliteration
Brigitte
Pronunciation
/ briˈʒiːt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Brigitte stands.

Brigitte does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Brigittes before her.

Real people
Brigitte Bardot
French actress and animal-rights activist.
born 1934
Brigitte Macron
First Lady of France.
born 1953
In fiction
Brigitte
Common in French fiction.

Names connected to Brigitte.

The number behind Brigitte.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Brigitte reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.