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2023 fantasy novel by Vajra Chandrasekera
The Saint of Bright Doors is a 2023 fantasy novel by Sri Lankan author Vajra Chandrasekera. The novel follows the story of a man trained from a young age
The_Saint_of_Bright_Doors
Sri Lankan fantasy author
and short stories. His debut novel, The Saint of Bright Doors, won the 2023 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 2024 Locus Award for Best First Novel
Vajra_Chandrasekera
2024 novel by John Wiswell
poisonous to her. Disguised as a human, she travels to the nearby village of Underlook in search of food. She is recognized by a surviving monster hunter
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Someone_You_Can_Build_a_Nest_In
Novel series by Gene Wolfe
intended the story to be a 40,000-word novella called "The Feast of Saint Catherine", meant to be published in one of the Orbit anthologies, but during the writing
The_Book_of_the_New_Sun
2025 novel by Stephen Graham Jones
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is a 2025 novel by Native American author Stephen Graham Jones. It tells the story of Etsy Beaucarne, a professor who discovers
The_Buffalo_Hunter_Hunter
Science fiction and fantasy literary award
described as one of "the most important of the American science fiction awards" and "the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent" of the Emmy Awards. Nebula
Nebula_Award_for_Best_Novel
Native American fiction author (born 1972)
American author of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction. His works include the horror novels The Only Good Indians
Stephen_Graham_Jones
1985 novel by Carl Sagan
seven on Publishers Weekly's 1985 bestseller list. The only full work of fiction published by Sagan, the novel originated as a screenplay by Sagan and Ann
Contact_(novel)
2013 science fiction novel by Ann Leckie
Ancillary Mercy (2015). The novel follows Breq—who is both the sole survivor of a starship destroyed by treachery and the vessel of that ship's artificial
Ancillary_Justice
1965 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert
1965 novel Prophet of Dune) in Analog magazine. It tied with Roger Zelazny's This Immortal for the Hugo Award for Best Novel and won the inaugural Nebula
Dune_(novel)
American author (born 1973)
Novik is an American author of speculative fiction. She is known for her Temeraire series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving
Naomi_Novik
2014 novel by Jeff VanderMeer
find that the psychologist has disappeared. The biologist is conscious of a "brightness" growing within herself, which she attributes to the spores. She
Annihilation (VanderMeer novel)
Annihilation_(VanderMeer_novel)
2020 science fiction fantasy novel by Martha Wells
as the others flee in an escape pod. As the transport moves into a nearby wormhole, Murderbot hunts the grey-skinned humanoids in control of the ship
Network_Effect_(novel)
2022 novel by R. F. Kuang
Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution is a 2022 novel of speculative fiction by R. F. Kuang set
Babel, or the Necessity of Violence
Babel,_or_the_Necessity_of_Violence
American science fiction author (born 1966)
author of science fiction and fantasy. Her 2013 debut novel Ancillary Justice, which features artificial consciousness and gender-blindness, won the 2014
Ann_Leckie
1998 novel by Octavia E. Butler
instead of continuing to look for her, Lauren tells her daughter that her door is always open. After learning that her half-brother Uncle Marc hid the fact
Parable of the Talents (novel)
Parable_of_the_Talents_(novel)
1969 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
fact may fail or prevail in the style of its telling: like that singular organic jewel of our seas, which grows brighter as one woman wears it and, worn
The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness
2001 novel by Neil Gaiman
author Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centering on the mysterious and taciturn
American_Gods
American and Canadian writer
Sea, focuses on the discovery of a society of intelligent octopuses off the coast of Vietnam, and was the winner of the 2023 Locus Award for Best First
Ray_Nayler
American science fiction author
Salle University, where a short story of his won the annual Freshman Short Story Contest and was published in the school's literary magazine, Four Quarters
Jack_McDevitt
2016 novel by Charlie Jane Anders
aspects" of the story. In a review in the New York Journal of Books, novelist and editor Samantha Holloway called the novel "such a neat book" in the way it
All_the_Birds_in_the_Sky
1974 military science fiction novel by Joe Haldeman
The novella A Separate War (1999) is another sequel of sorts, occurring simultaneously with the final portion of The Forever War. Informally, the novels
The_Forever_War
2021 novel by P. Djèlí Clark
and follows the events of the novelette "A Dead Djinn in Cairo" and the novella The Haunting of Tram Car 015. A Master of Djinn won the 2021 Nebula Award
A_Master_of_Djinn
British author
in a pastiche of the styles of 19th-century writers such as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. While Strange focuses on the relationship of two English magicians
Susanna_Clarke
2010 novel by N. K. Jemisin
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is a fantasy novel by American writer N. K. Jemisin, the first book of The Inheritance Trilogy. Jemisin's debut novel, it
The_Hundred_Thousand_Kingdoms
2007 novel by Joe Hill
Heart-Shaped Box is the debut horror novel by American author Joe Hill. The book was published on February 13, 2007, by William Morrow. The title of the novel and
Heart-Shaped_Box_(novel)
1984 science fiction novel by William Gibson
is with the bright thirteen-year-old, curled on a sofa somewhere, twenty pages into the book and desperate to get to the root of the mystery of why cell
Neuromancer
1981 science fiction novel by Gene Wolfe
the city of Thrax. The book continues shortly after the end of The Shadow of the Torturer, skipping Severian's journey from the gate of Nessus to the
The_Claw_of_the_Conciliator
English-language literary award
The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize, established in 2022, is an annual, English-language literary award presented in honor of Ursula K. Le Guin. The $25,000 prize
Ursula_K._Le_Guin_Prize
American science fiction and fantasy author (born 1981)
and novels have both been the recipient of major speculative fiction awards. His story "Open House on Haunted Hill" won the 2020 Nebula Award for Best
John_Wiswell
1959 novelette and 1966 novel by Daniel Keyes
other media. The novelette, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award
Flowers_for_Algernon
2003 science fiction book by Cory Doctorow
to providing the best experience to the park's visitors and competing for the Whuffie the guests offer. In the post-scarcity world of the novel, Whuffie
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Down_and_Out_in_the_Magic_Kingdom
Science fiction novel series by Yoon Ha Lee
Books. It consists of Ninefox Gambit (2016), Raven Stratagem (2017) and Revenant Gun (2018). A collection of short stories set in the same universe, Hexarchate
Machineries_of_Empire
New Zealand writer (born 1985)
author best known for The Locked Tomb, a science fantasy series of novels. Muir won the 2020 Locus Award for her first novel, Gideon the Ninth, and has been
Tamsyn_Muir
American novelist
multimedia artist and the author of two fantasy novels. The Night Circus (2011) was published in more than a dozen languages by 2013 and won the annual Locus Award
Erin_Morgenstern
1979 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke
The Fountains of Paradise is a 1979 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. Set in the 22nd century, it describes the construction of
The_Fountains_of_Paradise
Annual award for science fiction or fantasy
The Hugo Award for Best Novel is one of the Hugo Awards given each year by the World Science Fiction Society for science fiction or fantasy stories published
Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novel
1990 fantasy novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Last Book of Earthsea before new books were published, is a fantasy novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, published in February 1990 by Atheneum. It is the
Earthsea:_Tehanu
2018 science fiction novel by Mary Robinette Kowal
July 3, 2018. It is the first book in the Lady Astronaut series and is a prequel to the 2012 short story "The Lady Astronaut of Mars". On March 3, 1952
The_Calculating_Stars
American fantasy writer (born 1996)
The Poppy War trilogy and her 2022 novel Babel, or the Necessity of Violence, which placed first on The New York Times Best Seller list and won the 2022
R._F._Kuang
1967 novel by Samuel Delany
The Einstein Intersection is a 1967 science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany. The title is a reference to Einstein's Theory of Relativity connecting
The_Einstein_Intersection
1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven
considered a classic of science fiction literature. Ringworld tells the story of Louis Wu and his companions on a mission to the Ringworld, an enormous
Ringworld
American science fiction and fantasy writer
Magazine, 2009. "Sinners, Saints, Dragons, and Haints in the City Beneath the Still Waters", Postscripts, 2010. "On the Banks of the River Lex", Clarkesworld
N._K._Jemisin
Novel by N. K. Jemisin
Novel, and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 2018. Reviews of the book upon its release were highly positive. It is the third volume in the Broken
The_Stone_Sky
Novel by Naomi Novik
book in The New York Times, writes that the coming-of-age tale is a "messier" story, deeper than the "bright, forthright" and somewhat mythic teenage
Uprooted_(novel)
Mexican-Canadian writer (born 1981)
and technology studies at the University of British Columbia in 2016. Her master's thesis focused on eugenics in the work of H. P. Lovecraft. Moreno-Garcia
Silvia_Moreno-Garcia
American scientist and science communicator (1934–1996)
Skeptics—April 2011—Inductee Grand-Cross of the Order of Saint James of the Sword, Portugal (November 23, 1998) Honorary Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree from Whittier
Carl_Sagan
2004 novel by Susanna Clarke
early nineteenth century: the novel begins with the style and genres of Regency England, an "Austenian world of light, bright, sparkling dialogue and well-mannered
Jonathan_Strange_&_Mr_Norrell
American science fiction and fantasy writer (1931–2019)
(There Are Doors); Severian, from The Book of the New Sun, tells his story from the perspective of his younger, ignorant self; and Latro of the Soldier series
Gene_Wolfe
1974 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
role in the Hainish Cycle. The invention of the ansible places the novel first in the internal chronology of the Hainish Cycle, although it was the sixth
The_Dispossessed
Canadian-British writer (born 1971)
who served as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organisation
Cory_Doctorow
Novel by Kim Stanley Robinson
is held among the family and the close friends of Alex, some of whom Swan has never heard of. This includes Fitz Wahram, a native of the moon Titan, and
2312_(novel)
American writer (born 1971)
"The Angel of Khan el-Khalili". Clockwork Cairo: Steampunk Tales of Egypt. Matthew Bright, ed. Twopenny Books. June 14, 2017. ASIN B071KGGS6M. The Haunting
P._Djèlí_Clark
1997 novel by Joe Haldeman
remotely linked to the machinery as well as to each other, being able to experience battle through the machines and read the thoughts of other mechanics
Forever_Peace
1973 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke
Universe. Bright Messengers (1995) Double Full Moon Night (1999) A graphic adventure computer game of the same name with a text parser based on the book was
Rendezvous_with_Rama
Novel by Michael Chabon
metropolis. The Yiddish Policemen's Union won a number of science fiction awards: the Nebula Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best SF Novel, the Hugo
The_Yiddish_Policemen's_Union
American science fiction and fantasy writer
known for his Machineries of Empire space opera novels and his short fiction. His first novel, Ninefox Gambit, received the 2017 Locus Award for Best
Yoon_Ha_Lee
1982 science fiction novel by Michael Bishop
Jeanette. Since the very beginning of his life, John dreams of an ancient world and becomes an expert of the Pleistocene epoch, the era of the Homo habilis
No_Enemy_But_Time
American science-fiction author (1920–1986)
fiction novels of the era. Although he could not yet take up a full-time career as a writer, Dune's success opened other doors for him. He was the Seattle
Frank_Herbert
Novel by Sarah Pinsker
September 2019. The first British edition was issued in hardcover and ebook by Ad Astra/Head of Zeus in August 2020. The novel follows the life of a musician
A_Song_for_a_New_Day
Novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
with the lives of the twin death gods and the fate of the world as the stakes. The one who reaches the palace first wins, but to stray from the road means
Gods_of_Jade_and_Shadow
1985 novel by Orson Scott Card
account for the then-recent dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. The novel has been translated into 34 languages. In the movie adaptation
Ender's_Game
American author (1929–2018)
and she has been described as the "patron saint" of this sub-genre. A number of science fiction authors have objected to the term "soft science fiction"
Ursula_K._Le_Guin
1995 novel by Robert J. Sawyer
the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1996. Sawyer received a writer's reserve grant from the Ontario Arts Council in 1993 in support of his writing the novel
The_Terminal_Experiment
1988 science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold
letting him win", but nonetheless praised its "lively dialogue and bright spots of wit". "Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1988". Internet Speculative
Falling_Free
1977 novel by Frederik Pohl
the governments of the United States, the Soviet Union, the New People's Asia, the Venusian Confederation, and the United States of Brazil. Nearly a
Gateway_(novel)
American writer (born 1968)
of the self-published zine Jabberwocky. One of VanderMeer's early successes was his 2001 short-story collection City of Saints and Madmen, set in the
Jeff_VanderMeer
American speculative fiction writer (born 1954)
Her novels include the Hugo- and Nebula-nominated Bone Dance and the urban fantasy War for the Oaks. She is also known for a series of anthologies set in
Emma_Bull
American science fiction writer (born 1952)
of realistic, and highly literary, science-fiction writing." According to The New Yorker magazine, Robinson is "generally acknowledged as one of the greatest
Kim_Stanley_Robinson
1999 science fiction novel by Greg Bear
speciation. The novel follows several characters as the "plague" is discovered as well as the panicked reaction of the public and the US government to the disease
Darwin's_Radio
Novel by Lois McMaster Bujold
priest of the Bastard (one of the five gods of the Chalion universe) as her 'spiritual guide'. The Bastard, god of disasters and of things out of season
Paladin_of_Souls
1990 science fiction novel by Michael Swanwick
Stations of the Tide is a science fiction novel by American author Michael Swanwick. Prior to being published in book form in 1991, it was serialized in
Stations_of_the_Tide
1976 science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl
create a being capable of surviving the harsh Martian environment: Man Plus. After the death of the first candidate, due to the project supervisors forgetting
Man_Plus
English writer (born 1960)
the first author to win the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book. The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of
Neil_Gaiman
2005 novel by Jack McDevitt
to ascertain the value of a strange cup riddled with archaic symbols. They discover that the cup is a 9,000-year-old relic from one of the first faster-than-light
Seeker_(McDevitt_novel)
Literary award by Locus magazine
The Locus Award for Best First Novel is one of the annual Locus Awards presented by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus. Awards presented in
Locus Award for Best First Novel
Locus_Award_for_Best_First_Novel
1986 novel by Pat Murphy
studies at the site. In the middle of the field study, Elizabeth's estranged adult daughter Diane arrives unannounced. After the death of her father,
The_Falling_Woman
1988 novel by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
during the Vietnam War. The plot revolves around Lt. Kitty McCulley, a Military Nurse during the Vietnam War. Kitty is transferred from one area of the military
The_Healer's_War
American author (1927–2014)
known as the author of the novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Daniel_Keyes
2011 novel by Jo Walton
published in the UK by Corsair (Constable & Robinson). It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel of 2011, the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novel and the 2012 British
Among_Others
1997 novel by Vonda McIntyre
The novel was inspired by the short story (written in the form of a faux-encyclopedia article) "The Natural History and Extinction of the People of the
The_Moon_and_the_Sun
1972 science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov
1966 novelization of Fantastic Voyage). It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1972, and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1973. The book is divided into
The_Gods_Themselves
2017 novel by Theodora Goss
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter is the 2017 debut novel by Theodora Goss. It is the first instalment of The Extraordinary Adventures of the
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
The_Strange_Case_of_the_Alchemist's_Daughter
1971 novel by Robert Silverberg
A Time of Changes is a 1971 science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg. It won the Nebula Award for that year, and was also nominated
A_Time_of_Changes
American speculative fiction writer (born 1964)
Stories of the Raksura Vol 2: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below (2015), The Edge of Worlds (2016), and The Harbors of the Sun (2017). The series was
Martha_Wells
American science fiction and fantasy writer (born 1972)
appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov's Science Fiction, and the environmental journal High Country News. Nonfiction essays of his have
Paolo_Bacigalupi
1980 novel by Gregory Benford
event of nuclear terrorism against New York City that took place before the events of the novel. This thread follows a group of scientists in the United
Timescape
1994 novel by Jonathan Lethem
and psychologists behave like Jehovah's Witnesses, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other itinerant proselytizing religions. One such
Gun,_with_Occasional_Music
American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist (born 1948)
helped to create an iconography for the Information Age before the ubiquity of the Internet in the 1990s. Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" for "widespread
William_Gibson
1954 book by Aldous Huxley
The Doors of Perception is an autobiographical book written by Aldous Huxley. Published in 1954, it elaborates on his psychedelic experience under the
The_Doors_of_Perception
Canadian writer and poet (born 1964)
the term the Tiffany Problem, a dilemma in creating historical fiction, in 2019. Walton was born in 1964 in Aberdare, a town in the Cynon Valley of Wales
Jo_Walton
1995 novel by Nicola Griffith
won the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the Lambda Literary Award. The novel received critical praise for its writing and setting, while its use of multiple
Slow_River
1986 novel by Orson Scott Card
Game. The book takes place around the year 5270, some 3,000 years after the events in Ender's Game. However, because of relativistic space travel at near-light
Speaker_for_the_Dead
American speculative fiction author (born 1949)
Fiction Foundation. Archived from the original on May 31, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021. The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. "Minnesota Book
Lois_McMaster_Bujold
1992 novel by Connie Willis
saint sent by God. Influenza overwhelms the medical staff of the 21st century. Dunworthy is stricken by the disease but survives, awaking after the new
Doomsday_Book_(novel)
American science fiction writer (1947–2006)
Marcia (February 28, 2006). "Octavia Butler, A Lonely, Bright Star Of the Sci-Fi Universe". The Washington Post'. Bradford, K. Tempest (July 10, 2014)
Octavia_E._Butler
1998 novel by Nalo Hopkinson
Girl in the Ring is a 1998 novel written by Jamaican-Canadian writer Nalo Hopkinson. The novel contains Afro-Caribbean culture with themes of folklore
Brown Girl in the Ring (novel)
Brown_Girl_in_the_Ring_(novel)
American writer (born 1945)
and opinion pieces. Her novel The Speed of Dark won the 2003 Nebula Award. Prior to her writing career, she served in the United States Marine Corps. Moon
Elizabeth_Moon
2006 novel by Naomi Novik
version of the Napoleonic Wars, in which dragons not only exist but are used as a staple of aerial warfare in Asia and Europe. The dragons of the story
His_Majesty's_Dragon
1983 fantasy novel by R. A. MacAvoy
in 1983; in particular, he emphasizes that it "isn't quite" an example of the "white savior" trope, but "this book can see ['white savior'] from where
Tea_with_the_Black_Dragon
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Girl/Female
Irish
Derived from the Irish name Brighid, meaning 'the high one' or 'strength.' Brighid was a...
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : occupational name for a maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Old English wyrhta, wryhta ‘craftsman’ (a derivative of wyrcan ‘to work or make’). The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright), but when used in isolation it generally referred to a builder of windmills or watermills.Common New England Americanized form of French Le Droit, a nickname for an upright person, a man of probity, from Old French droit ‘right’, in which there has been confusion between the homophones right and wright.
Surname or Lastname
English (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight)
English (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) : habitational name from a place on the Isle of Wight named Brading, from Old English brerd ‘hillside’ + -ingas ‘dwellers at’, i.e. ‘(settlement of) the dwellers on the hillside’.
Girl/Female
Australian, Celtic
Resolute Strength; Form of Bridget
Surname or Lastname
Americanized form of German Albrecht.English
Americanized form of German Albrecht.English : from a medieval variant of the personal name Albert.Jacob Albright (1759–1808), a prominent Methodist preacher, was born in Pottstown, PA, the son of a German immigrant called Johann Albrecht.
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English wryhta/wyrhta, WRIGHT means "craftsman."
Girl/Female
Irish
The name Brigid from brigh meaning “power, vigour, virtue†epitomizes the Irish genius for layering old and new. The main female deity of the Celts, Brigid made the land fruitful and animals multiply, she blessed poets and blacksmiths. Her namesake St. Brigid of Kildare carried her powers into the Christian era. The stories of Brigidâ€s compassion and miracles are told now as they have been for more than 1500 years in every part of Ireland. She is equal in esteem and shares a grave with St. Patrick and St. Columcille. Her feast day, February 1st, is the first day of Spring in the Celtic calender.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : variant of Saint.Italian (northeastern) : variant of Santo.Dutch (also de Sant) : nickname from Middle Dutch sant ‘saint’.Dutch : variant of van Sant.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Sand.Indian (Maharashtra) : Hindu (Brahman) name meaning ‘saint’, ‘holy man’.
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Jamaican
The One who is Loved; A Brit; Bright Town; Bright Settlement
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Village Near a Bridge; Diminutive of Brigham
Girl/Female
Irish
The name Brigid from brigh meaning “power, vigour, virtue†epitomizes the Irish genius for layering old and new. The main female deity of the Celts, Brigid made the land fruitful and animals multiply, she blessed poets and blacksmiths. Her namesake St. Brigid of Kildare carried her powers into the Christian era. The stories of Brigidâ€s compassion and miracles are told now as they have been for more than 1500 years in every part of Ireland. She is equal in esteem and shares a grave with St. Patrick and St. Columcille. Her feast day, February 1st, is the first day of Spring in the Celtic calender.
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English
From the Village Near a Bridge; Diminutive of Brigham
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, Gaelic, German, Indian, Irish, Portuguese, Swedish
Strength; Power; Strong Willed; Strong Man of God; To Help; The Exalted One; The High One; Saint
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Power and Virtue
Girl/Female
Australian, British, Celtic, Christian, Czechoslovakian, English, Gaelic, Irish, Scandinavian, Swedish
Form of Bridget; Resolute Strength; Power; Strong; To Help; The Exalted One
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a particularly pious individual, from Middle English, Old French saint, seint ‘holy’ (Latin sanctus ‘blameless’, ‘holy’). The vocabulary word was occasionally used in the Middle Ages as a personal name, especially on the Continent, and this may have given rise to some instances of the surname.
Female
Norwegian
Norwegian variant spelling of Scandinavian Birgit, BRIGIT means "exalted one."
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Ray of Light
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English nickname or personal name, meaning ‘bright’, ‘fair’, ‘pretty’, from Old English beorht ‘bright’, ‘shining’.English : from a short form of any of several Old English personal names of which beorht was the first element, such as Beorhthelm ‘bright helmet’. Compare Bert.Americanized form of German Brecht.Americanized spelling of German Breit.
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