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[arbus.livejournal.com]

fell completely head over heels in love with a name today

brighde

the guy who was telling me the womans name was pronouncing it breezjya, just like the plant freesia is pronounced, but with a b instead.

so ridiculously not my style, but i absolutely love it. i couldnt find it on any of the baby naming websites though.

thoughts?

ETA: i love the pronunciation, and assumed it was gaelic or something because of the crazy spelling. doubt i would ever use it thanks to the pronunciation issues, but thought it was beautiful anyway.

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[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I definitely like the pronunciation... not 100% sure I like the spelling though.

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

I think names are not only about what YOU will be calling the child, but what other people will be calling it for the rest of its life.

Brighde is way too easy to mispronounce.

[decembermama.livejournal.com]

it looks like bidet to me when i first looked
no clue why

i dont get why people spell the names completely wierd, nobody will ever be able to pronounce it

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

It's either Welsh or Gaelic. That's how their phonetics work.

EDIT: Gaelic.

Brighde of the Isles

Brighde is an ancient creative force/goddess who later merged with St. Bridget of Kildare in Ireland to become something of both of them, yet more; and in the Hebrides she has her own distinct character. The early Celtic church easily assimilated the older pagan beliefs, blending them into a spirituality which initially may not have been all that different from what had gone before. In Celtic times the power of the Goddess as the life-force of place was understood as the 'Sovereignty' of the land.

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

I also note it's pronounced "BREED-ah", so if they're saying it "breeze-jah", they're (technically) wrong.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Or they are using a different root name than the one you found. It could be Scandinavian/Russian...

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Most irish people I hear speaking have a very similar d/j sound. Bridget often sounds like Brijit-- their d/j is not as distinct as in American English.

I would say it's more appropriately pron. breejda, but there is some variance and I've seen it more commonly rpnounced breeda

[euphrosyna]

You're right about the d/j pronunciation, but I'd say "breej-eh" or "breej-ah" rather than "breejda".

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

I meant more the Irish pron. of j/d. But yes, I agree with you, but the j sound would be very strong, if that makes sense.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Eh, very strong to an American's ears... heh.. as opposed to a normal zh sound. Guess you'd know more, though. ;)

[euphrosyna]

Not wrong, just a different dialect. I wouldn't say it as strongly as "breeze-jah" but something along the lines of "breej-eh" - with a sort of soft j. It could easily be interpreted as a zh sound. Incidentally my name is Kate and I've noticed that Americans think I'm saying "Kaysh" with my accent. o.O

[murderprotocol.livejournal.com]

I quite like it, either way it's pronounced (Breezjya/Breedah/ I pronounced it BRI-dah). I don't think I'd ever use it, but it's pretty.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

http://www.babynamesworld.com/meaning_of_Br%EDd.html

From brid-- pron breej.
Related to bridget, brigit, bride, bridghed

Can usually be found in baby name books under the name bridget


http://www.babynamesofireland.com/pages/girl-names-a-c.html

[jenufa.livejournal.com]

I dunno. At first I thought you had misspelled 'bridge'. :/