Baby Girl Names with Soft G Sound

Girl Names
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I love names with a soft g sound! I love [name_f]Brighid[/name_f] so much, but I am learning that it is actually pronounced Breej :frowning: and I don’t like the spelling of [name_f]Bridget[/name_f]. Anyway, please help!

2

Gisele/Giselle
[name_f]Giulietta[/name_f]/Juliet

3

Genevieve
Ginevra
Eugenia
Eugenie
Gigi

4

Giovanna
Giulia (Julia)
Gina
Gianna
Ginevra
Ginnifer
Georgia
Georgiana
Brigitte
Imogen (im-uh-jin)
Margery (Marjorie)
Iphigenia
Virginia

5

I’ve never heard it pronounced that way, huh.

Some suggestions:
[name_f]Margery[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Ginnifer[/name_f]
Nadege/ Nadeige
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ginger[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]/ [name_f]Genoveva[/name_f]
[name_f]Madge[/name_f]/ [name_f]Madgie[/name_f]/ [name_f]Midge[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenia[/name_f]/ [name_f]Eugenie[/name_f]
[name_f]Paige[/name_f]
[name_f]Gillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Regina[/name_f]
[name_f]Solange[/name_f]
[name_f]Edwidge[/name_f]
[name_f]Gisela[/name_f]/ [name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Geneva[/name_f]/ [name_f]Genevra[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_f]Nigella[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgette[/name_f]/ [name_f]Georgia[/name_f]/ [name_f]Georgina[/name_f]/ [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]/ [name_u]Georgie[/name_u]
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]

6

Yeah, I’ve always heard it as closer to “breed” or like [name_f]Bridget[/name_f] with a d instead of a t. And I’m an Irish American pagan who follows a religious path where goddess [name_f]Brigid[/name_f] has a holiday :upside_down_face:. Huh! Learn something new every day.

7

Thank you for that! Would you say the spelling [name_f]Brigid[/name_f] is not pronounced the way it’s spelled then? And it’s pronounced Breed?

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I would say that pronouncing it the way it’s spelled, “breed,” and “breej” are all valid pronunciations (some Googling confirms all depending on where ya look), honestly, though I prefer the first two. I also say “bri-GEED” with a hard G sometimes but I have no idea if that’s actually right :upside_down_face: I do prefer [name_f]Brigid[/name_f] to [name_f]Bridget[/name_f], at any rate.

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Me too! I adore the look of [name_f]Brigid[/name_f] compared to [name_f]Bridget[/name_f]. I love the soft d sound at the end. It is definitely a contender for a baby girl name… :slight_smile:

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I love it as [name_f]Bri[/name_f]-jid. :slight_smile:

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Brigitte
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Geraldine[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Geneva[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelica[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelina[/name_f]/Angeline
[name_f]Solange[/name_f]

By the way, I doubt anyone would [name_f]Brighid[/name_f] the Irish way unless you live in [name_f]Ireland[/name_f] or there are lots of Irish immigrants in your area.