Rename favorites in Bridge

I have many folders named "images" in my favorites in Bridge. Is there a way to distinguish them, other than clicking on each one? It makes sense to name a folder "images" inside folder structure, but the favorits structure is flat, so perhaps there is a way to add a description or anything that would be visible in favorites list?

Little late for the party here but I found the fix you desire!
I was running into the same problem with a bit of a different background and it had been driving me nuts for a long time.
Grabbed from a different forum post, quoted below.
Windows:
Using Explorer, go to any folder in Windows where you don't mind having an extra shortcut. Just stick it under C:\Documents and settings\Your Name or anywhere, this isn't that important. But you probably don't want to clutter your desktop with them.
Right click / New / Shortcut
Browse to the location of the folder you wish to make a favorite
Click Next
Give it a nice descriptive name
With Bridge open, drag the shortcut you just made into your favorites.
Mac:
Use finder to to the folder you wish to make into a favorite
CMD Click or right click on the folder.
Select Make Alias
Rename your Alias to a nice descriptive name
With Bridge open, drag the Alias you just made into your favorites
I cant confirm with the Windows side, but it works perfectly for me on the Mac side of things.
Hope it works out for you!
Cheers

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