I love
Bridget. It's so charmingly clunky.
My sister had a friend in high school named
Bridget. This was in the 1970s.
Bridget's identical twin sister was named
Kirsten. And now that I think of it, I've always forgotten about
Bridget and
Kirsten when I've answered "What are the names of twins you've known?" posts.
True story: My paternal grandmother was born in 1900. Both of her parents were immigrants from
Ireland. They wanted to name my grandmother
Bridget. My great-grandfather said that it was a good Irish name. The woman who was going to be my grandmother's godmother objected. (I do not now remember, if I ever knew, what relationship this woman had with my great-grandparents.) She said, "If you name that baby
Bridget, I will plop her down on the font in the middle of the ceremony and walk out of the church." So they named her
Agnes instead. I've always wished it were
Bridget. It would have gone so well with her very Irish last name.