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Bright - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Bright

[ 1 syll. brig-(h)(t), br-ig-ht ] The girl name Bright is pronounced BRAYT KEY. Bright is of Celtic origin and it is used mainly in English. Bright is a variation of the English, Irish, and Scottish Bridget.

Bright is not popular as a baby name for girls. It is not in the top 1000 names. Among the group of girl names directly related to Bright, the English, Irish, and Scottish Bridget was the most frequently used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Bright include the Albanian Baridë, the German Berte, the French Berthe, the German and Scandinavian Birte, the Scandinavian and German Birthe, the English Bret, the English Brett, the English Brette, the English and Irish Brid, the English and Irish Bride, the Scandinavian and English Brit, the Dutch, Scandinavian, and English Britt, the English Britte, the Irish and Scottish Bríd, the Albanian Barida, the English Beradette, the English Berdie, the German and Scandinavian Berit, the Scandinavian Berrit, and the Czech, English, Polish, Spanish, German, Hungarian, Italian, and Slavic Berta.

KEY: Pronunciation for Bright: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


 
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