Bridey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRY-dee
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Bridey is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “exalted one”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Bridey mean?
Irish: pet form of Bridget
“exalted one”
Irish pet form of Bridget, from the Gaelic Brighid, a goddess and saint.
Is Bridey a girl's or a boy's name?
Bridey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bridey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Bridey, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2000, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bridey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were given Bridey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #950, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Bridey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
Names like Bridey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aoibheann, Caoimhe, Teagan, Cassidy, Eireann, Bree, Caragh, Keira, Raegan, Eire, Brianna, Cliodhna
Other spellings of Bridey
Names related to Bridey
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bridey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bridey, updated 20 October 2026.