Brydie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRY-dee
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Brydie is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “exalted one”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Brydie mean?
Irish: pet form of Bridget; also a Scottish surname
“exalted one”
A pet form of Bridget, the English form of Brighid, the name of an Irish goddess and of Saint Brigid of Kildare.
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Is Brydie a girl's or a boy's name?
Brydie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brydie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Brydie, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Brydie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were given Brydie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #950, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Brydie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
Names like Brydie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caragh, Bree, Aoibheann, Teagan, Raegan, Caoimhe, Eireann, Eire, Keira, Bronte, Bridget, Cassidy
Other spellings of Brydie
Bridie, Bridey
Names related to Brydie
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, “Brydie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brydie, updated 20 October 2026.