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I never knew of the relationship between Bedelia--not that I've known too much of it anyway, and Bridget. I love nick-names that "do not seem (sound)" as though relate to their formalities. Knowledge of Bedelia (Delia) would encourage me to use Bridget.

I really dislike Bridget for some reason. It sounds snobby and weirdly nasal to me even though there is no nasal sound in it...

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But I love Brigitta and Brigida and Birgitta. They're fun to say.

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Bedelia is is nice how it it twirls around. It's a spinny name. Makes me think of Amelia Bedelia of course and I don't mind that, she had very good qualities from what I remember.

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I love Bridie too. Makes me think of a field of white flowers.

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Birdie is another one I like. I love how childish it sounds.

Bridget’s alright, but it does sound kind of dated to me. I don’t like the sound of Brigitta or Bedelia. I like Birdie as a nickname for something!

I love Bridget. For years it was my #1 girl name. I think its a good fit to any personality type and works with any personality type.

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Brigitta is sharp and I don't like the GEET sound in the middle.

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Bedelia is intimately and permanently connected with Amelia Bedelia for me.

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Bridie is sweet and spunky. I wish it didn't coincide with Bride sound wise.

I like the cheerful simplicity of Bridget.

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Brigitta, Bridie and the awful Bedelia are not to my taste at all.

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I very much like Birgit, and a friend has made me somewhat tolerant of Britta, but I wouldn't use it. In fact, I wouldn't use Birgit either, having no German heritage.

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I have personally encountered two South Africans named Bridgette, which looks like a horrible hybrid and sounds like Bridget! I've never met a Brigitte locally, but I feel the same way about it as I do about Birgit: excellent in its own habitat but inappropriate for my use.

Bridget - I really really like Bridget. I think it sounds friendly and was from my perspective considered a "cool girl" name growing up in the '90s? I wonder if others would have that feeling.
Brigitta - I like the idea of Brigitta but I get tripped up with pronunciation. I suppose if I lived in a country where it was used more I wouldn't feel this way.
Bedelia - I don't find it very appealing. Even aside from Amelia Bedelia, the sounds of this name are just too loud for me.
Bridie - It's okay as a nickname. I don't really have a strong opinion on this one.

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Ultimately my favorite form is Brigid. I like the aesthetic for whatever reason; maybe it looks balanced in a way I like. I would consider using it as a middle name IRL.

i like Bridget and Brigitta a lot. i like how they have rougher sounds than many other common girls' names. Bedelia is alright, but i can't separate from the Amelia Bedelia books (not a bad association to me- me and my mom bonded together reading those because she also found them hilarious- but definitely makes it sound silly to me). Bridie i like if it's BRY-dee, like one comment says, but if it's BREED-ee, it reminds me of the term "breeder", and BREE-dee sounds bland to me.

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of all other forms of Bridget, i like Birgitta (esp how this has no bree- sound) and Brigida best, because you can get the nicknames Bird/Birdie out of them (or at least most easily- all forms could have those nicknames). Piritta is also very cute.

This message was edited 5/10/2018, 10:23 AM

Brigitte is my favorite form of Bridget. Bridget's not bad; it seems friendly and warm. I don't like most Br- names though and Bridget's really no exception. If I had to pick one of your list, it would probably be Bridget though.

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I couldn't name a child Bridget, personally, because DH and I are both short and I went to school with a girl named Bridget who was about as short as I was and she was called "Bridget the midget" on the regular. I think people stopped around middle school but still. I wouldn't do it if I knew my kid would be short, haha.

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Bedelia reminds me of Amelia Bedelia (Amelia doesn't, but it's not as unusual as Bedelia). Not sure how often these books are read now though. Bridie I always want to misread as Birdie (and I think Birdie is cuter).

I love Bridget, and I like Bridie as a nickname for it. I also really like Brigitta. Bedelia I don’t like, because it reminds me of Amelia Bedelia, and thus sounds cartoonish.