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First name origins & meanings:

  1. English: Anglicized version of Bretagne, a section of France; from Britain
  2. Irish: Native of Brittany

First name variations: Brita, Britta, Brittney, Brittny, Britny, Britannia, Britain, Britany, Britaney, Brittania, Britnee, Brittany, Bret, Bretton, Brit, Brette, Bretlin, Bhrett, Brente, Bhrett, Brett

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: ethnic name for a Celtic-speaking Briton or a Breton, from Middle English brit, bret, Old French bret (see Brett).
  2. German: from a vernacular form of the personal name Brixius (see Brice).