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Does anyone know a Bridie? Or a name similar?

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MrsGingerbread · 08/03/2014 06:12

I'm wondering if it is short for something? Possibly Bridget which I'm not keen on?

Does it look a bit like Birdie when it is written down?

Are there any similar names out there?

(PS we are just starting TTC, no baby on the way!)

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Mitchell2 · 08/03/2014 20:42

I know a brylie

squoosh · 08/03/2014 20:41

Pass my condolences to your Auntie Gobnait Sillylass.

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elliebe13 · 08/03/2014 20:21

It was my friend's horse's name. But I actually love it for a girl :)

Minty82 · 08/03/2014 19:59

I had an Irish great aunt called Bridie (Bridget) too! So yes, over 90 to me. I do have a very gorgeous 30 year old friend called Fidelma though, so that one's not in the same category to me!

strawberryswing · 08/03/2014 19:55

i'm a Bryony and it sounds very very much like Bridie (not that I would recommend the name Bryony as it's terrible but marginally better than Bridie!)

LizCurly · 08/03/2014 19:51

what about Brigidine?

AveryJessup · 08/03/2014 19:33

Majella! Wow, that's a blast from the past Grin

Imelda is another one. Always reminds me of a girl at school whose nose was always snotty. And the Lovely Girls competition from Fr. Ted of course...

sarahquilt · 08/03/2014 19:30

I have an aunt Bride. Her name is Brigid but she's always called Bride.

LizCurly · 08/03/2014 19:04

yeh, Travellers pick from a small pool of names. but you could never really mock their choices when it comes to names . fishtail wedding dresses covered in sequins but they call their children michael and mary. which are fine names.

LizCurly · 08/03/2014 19:03

ah that makes sense. No Siofras, Fiadhs, Fraochs or Siuns in the Traveller Community.

Frontdoorstep · 08/03/2014 18:56

A Bridie is a type of pastry/pie thing where I live so I find the name very odd, I think anyone living where a Bridie is a pie would find the name odd.

I know a few people called Brodie, both boys and girls.

KateF · 08/03/2014 18:49

I'm in Bedfordshire. The school takes quite a few children from Irish traveller families as there are a few sites nearby. The children tend to have names from a fairly small pool, the girls names I've mentioned and the boys often called Terry, Billy, Kenny, John or Patrick.

HahaHarrie · 08/03/2014 18:49

I love Bridie. Probably because I know two who are lovely, beautiful and very successful. One is a Bridget, but always known as Bridie and the other Bridie is her actual name. Go for it!

Gomez · 08/03/2014 18:47

Yip. My cocker spaniel :-)

No actual humans however.

'tis a lovely name.

LizCurly · 08/03/2014 18:45

Squoosh, ha ha!

Scarletbanner · 08/03/2014 18:44

Gobnait?! Really? That's even worse than Waltraute.

LizCurly · 08/03/2014 18:43

Brody has a different vibe, it's American-sounding. Like Logan or Delaney or Kennedy or something like that.

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MrsGingerbread · 08/03/2014 18:43

Thanks everyone!

I didn't even realise it was Irish (I am in South England with no Irish roots). I knew of a Bridie in Somerset years ago. :)

Fascinated by the pastry connection. Think I might cook a Bridie! You've all made me hungry!

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Scarletbanner · 08/03/2014 18:42

I love it. The Bridie I know is mid-20s and v glamorous.

I love Bridget as well though, and Maeve. But not Assumpta or Philomena!

squoosh · 08/03/2014 18:31

Gobnait is the worst name of all bar none. She is the High Queen of arse ugly names.

squoosh · 08/03/2014 18:30

I'd guess that a group of young Irish girls with names like Bridie/Margaret/Mary would come from a Traveller background. They are still very into the Catholic names.

EyelinerQueen · 08/03/2014 18:29

Dympna is pretty bad. I know a few of those.

Attracta?

I went to school with a Domenica. Could never quite understand that one.

YarnyStasher · 08/03/2014 18:27

I know four Brodies. Two boys and two girls. No Bridies though.