Bridget

Bridget

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Bridget


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meaning = "Strong willed"
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origin = Irish
related names = Brigitte
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Bridget may refer to:

People and fictional characters

*Bridget (given name)
*Bridget Forrester, a fictional character in "The Bold and the Beautiful", played by Ashley Jones.
*"Bridget Jones's Diary", a novel and feature film starring Renée Zellweger.
*Bridget, a fictional character in the fighting game series "Guilty Gear".
*Bridget Hennessey, the fictional eldest child on the sitcom 8 Simple Rules.
*Bridget "Bee" Vreeland, the fictional character of the book and movie, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Entertainment

*Bridget Marquardt, from The Girls Next Door
*Bridget Fonda, actress
*Bridget Moynahan, actress and model of Irish decent
*Bridget, an Irish activist and Tony's girlfriend, from An American Tail, portrayed by Cathianne Blore

Other

powerful and strong

*Bridget Rose Dugdale, English heiress who joined the Provisional Irish Republican Army

*Alternate spellings include:
**Brigid from Irish mythology
**Saint Brigid of Ireland
**Saint Birgitta of Sweden


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