How popular is the baby name Bridger in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Bridger.
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Feeling nudged to choose a baby name that contains the letter-pair DG?
It’s an uncommon combination, but I’ve tracked down a few dozen options for you in this post!
Before we get to the names, though, let’s learn…
Where did -DGE come from in English?
French scribes, essentially.
In Old English, the “soft g” sound was rare, and it only occurred at the end of a word. When it did pop up, it was spelled with the digraph CG.
After the Norman Conquest in 1066, the ruling class of England spoke Anglo-Norman French. Over time, “the French-educated scribes [began] imposing traditional French spelling rules on English.”
The Normans had brought with them “soft g” words that utilized the letters G and I (which later evolved into J), but for native English words that contained the same sound, they decided to swap out CG for the trigraph DGE.
Some examples…
Old English
Modern English
brycg
bridge
ecg
edge
hecg
hedge
hrycg
ridge
wecg
wedge
Words derived from Anglo-Norman that happen to have the same ending include judge, pledge, and badge, and budge.
Now, on to the names!
Names with DG
Below are names that feature either DGE or the letter-pair DG (if it represents the same “soft G” sound). All of these names come from the SSA’s baby name data.
I wasn’t planning to post baby name rankings for any individual U.S. state before the release of the SSA’s official national rankings (in May), but Wyoming’s were just too interesting to ignore.
Last year, landlocked Wyoming — the least populous U.S. state — welcomed 6,050 babies. The top names among these babies were Charlotte and Noah, according to Wyoming’s Department of Health.
Here are Wyoming’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2022:
Girl Names
Charlotte
Olivia
Emma (tie)
Hazel (tie)
Harper
Evelyn
Paisley
Eleanor (tie)
Isabella (tie)
Nova (tie)
Boy Names
Noah
Henry
Hudson
Owen
William (tie)
Wyatt (tie)
Benjamin (4-way tie)
Bridger (4-way tie)
John (4-way tie)
Oliver (4-way tie)
Bridger! That’s a name I wasn’t expecting.
According to the SSA’s state-specific data, Bridger’s best showing in Wyoming so far (through 2021) was 20 baby boys in 2016. It ranked 16th state-wide that year.
Bridger is also seeing relatively strong usage in nearby states such as Idaho, North Dakota, and Utah.
On a national level, Bridger isn’t anywhere near the top 10, but it does regularly rank within the boys’ top 1,000. Interestingly, usage jumped in 2021:
2021: 356 baby boys named Bridger [rank: 721st]
2020: 239 baby boys named Bridger [rank: 929th]
2019: 242 baby boys named Bridger [rank: 901st]
2018: 229 baby boys named Bridger [rank: 925th]
Here’s a visual:
Usage of the baby name Bridger
I’m not sure what accounts for the sudden increase. The TV series Bridgerton? The Star Wars character Ezra Bridger? (Any ideas?)
What are your thoughts on the name Bridger? Where do you think Bridger ranked nationally in 2022?
Below are hundreds of baby names with a numerological value of 9.
What do I mean by that?
Well, in numerology, you substitute each letter in a word with that letter’s ordinal value in the alphabet. (The letter B has a value of 2, for instance, because it’s the second letter.) Then you add those ordinal values together to come up with a total. Lastly, you add the digits of that total together to obtain a numerological value.
Here’s an example: The letters in the name Jake have the values 10, 1, 11, and 5. Added together, these values equal 27. And the digits of 27 added together equal 9.
All of the “9” names below are sub-categorized by totals — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone. Within each group you’ll find some of the most popular “9” names per gender (according to the most recent set of U.S. baby name rankings).
9
The letters in the unisex baby name Ace add up to 9.
9 via 18
The letters in the following baby names add up to 18, which reduces to nine (1+8=9).
Girl names (9 via 18)
Boy names (9 via 18)
Lea, Gaia, Ela, Acacia, Addi
Can, Adal, Acie, Edi, Jag
9 via 27
The letters in the following baby names add up to 27, which reduces to nine (2+7=9).
What does the number nine mean in numerology? Unfortunately, there’s no clear answer. Various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number nine.
That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 9 being described as “humanitarian,” “tolerant,” “helpful,” “determined,” and “compassionate.”
Personally, I prefer to look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are some things that are associated with the number 9:
Pregnancy (9 month long)
“Cloud nine”
“Nine lives” (of a cat)
“To the nines”
“The whole nine yards”
Baseball (9 players on the field; 9 innings)
K-9 (“canine”) police dog units
What does the number 9 mean to you? What are your strongest associations with the number?
(To see names with other numerological values, check out the posts for the numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.)
A reader named Heath is expecting his third child, a boy, and would like some name suggestions. Here’s what he says:
I’m Heath, wife is Aspen, daughter is Channing and son is Deacon so we’re looking for a name that most kids won’t have but also want something that isn’t feminine, will get him picked on or doesn’t sound like we are trying too hard.
Here are some of the names they’ve been considering:
My favorite is Justice but that has no chance with my wife. She likes Ridge but I quickly vetoed that. Her favorite is Easton but I was looking for something more. Some others that we have thought about is Beckett, Kingston or Tate but again I’m not overly thrilled.
Many of the names above come from surnames, so that’s what I focused on as I brainstormed:
Baron Bridger Brogan Corbin Dax Edison Evander Ezra Felix Finn Fletcher
Franklin Fulton Garrison Graham Griffin Grover Hawthorn Jasper Lachlan Lawson Lennon
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