Bridgette

Where Bridgette comes from

Variant of Bridget. See -ette.
— Wiktionary's entry for Bridgette
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1943
    First appearance
    #4,691 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Bridgette Wilson born
    American actress, singer, and model
  3. 1973
    Peak, #356
    595 babies named Bridgette — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1983
    Bridgette B born
    Spanish pornographic actress
  5. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #778.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Bridgette Wilson · American actress, singer, and model, born 1973
  • Bridgette B · Spanish pornographic actress, born 1983
  • Bridgette Andersen · American actress and model, 1975–1997
  • Bridgette Kerkove · American pornographic actress, film director and producer, born 1977
  • Bridgette Gordon · American basketball player, born 1967

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.