Bridget or Brighid?

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We live in London, but we are from Ireland.

Bridget, unless you want her to spend her days explaining that her name isn't pronounced brig-hid to rhyme with wig-lid or pig-did

Bridget

Woke the baby laughing at wig-lid and pig-did

I'd be more inclined to go with Brigid than Brighid. No particular preference between Bridget and Brigid personally.

Brigid

Bridget. I can imagine some people thinking Brighid rhymes with frigid.

I find Brighid lovely but that might just be because Brighida was a name I heard a lot growing up and I always liked it. Bridget just makes me think of boring, extremely white (English or fourth generation Australian or something), middle middle class people. Basically Bridget jones-every Bridget I have ever known has been a variation on that theme.

Bridget, lovely !

Bridget. I really like it.

If in the UK, spelling it Bridget will make everyone's lives easier.

Brigid is lovely though, nicer than Brighid.

Bridget, the name of my maternal GGM and GM (of Irish descent) - power, strength and virtue. I regret not using this in my DD's name and, in hindsight, it definitely ought to have featured

Love both, but Bridget will definitely be easier for her.

I like both. Helpful I know.

I want to 6th form with a Brigid and nobody had any issues saying it.
It has a slighted softer sound than Bridget but I do like Bridget too

I think Brighid or Brigid are nicer spellings than Bridget. I'm not sure how differently they are pronounced, if at all different.

I'm an Irish speaker and I'd be inclined to pronounce Brighid as Bríd ("breed"). If you want the anglicised two-syllable pronunciation, I'd leave out the h.

Brigid is marginally nicer. If you have to. I can assure you that people will definitely notice it rhymes with frigid, rhymes with midget, talk about her assets compared with those of Bardot, and that's without bloody Bridget Jones. You might be able to guess my name.