Hi Maureen, I have a source which many researchers might not think of. It is "baby-name books." I don't know if there are as many in the UK as they are in the US, but I find them easily in second-hand shops. I have at least 4 of the paperback version. Most offer the variations in spelling and the nicknames and if the name has a different origin. There are many variations on Bridget. One example is the name I knew of in the 1970's. My late, EX-mother-in-law had a step-mother whose first name was Bridie. It might have been her official name. In one of my books, I see that it says that Bridie is "Irish pet form of Bridget, or Bride (Irish Brighde), found occasionally as an independent name." Betty (near Lowell, MA,USA) (My current husband's great-grandparents were born in Co. Galway in ~1860. I don't know anything else about their families in Ireland, although I'll check my notes to see if I'm not remembering something.) (GAVIN, WHALEN) > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:32:39 EDT > From: MOMO320@aol.com > Subject: [IRL-GALWAY] Name variations > To: irl-galway@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <84dbc.25d3246a.39483237@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Does anyone know of an existing list of both Irish surname and given name > variations? I've been watching this mailing list and have found > Bridget-Delia-Bedelia-Bridie-Bridgie are all name variations for Bridget. > I have > also found others. > > But is there a known list of these name variations??? > Maureen Fawkes > >