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 [ 1 syll. bret(t), br-e-tt ] The boy name Brett is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is BREHT KEY. Brett is largely used in the English language and it is derived from Old English origins. The name's meaning is breton. The first name is derived from the surname, which was originally taken up by the Breton people of Brittany who arrived in medieval England after the Norman Conquest and settled in East Anglia. Bretton (English), Brit (English), and Britt (English) are variants of Brett. Bret (English variant spelling) is another form of Brett. See also the related form, Rhett (English). Brett is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1940s up to the 1980s; before that, it was of irregular use only. At the modest height of its usage in 1986, 0.246% of baby boys were given the name Brett. It ranked at #69 then. The baby name has since experienced a loss in popularity. In 2008, its usage was 0.049% and its ranking #311, but it was nonetheless the most popular within all boy names in its group. In 2008, Brett was thrice as popular as the subsequent ranked name, Rhett (English). Brett has mostly been a boy name in the past century. In 1986, the name Brett was given to 26 times as many boys than girls. Baby names that sound like Brett include Bret (English), Baird (English and Scottish), Bard (English and Scottish), Bardh (Albanian), Baret (English), Bart (Dutch and English), Barth (English), Bert (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Brad (English), Bradd (English), Brede, Brit (English), Britt (English), Burt (English), Bardhi (Albanian), Bardo (Scandinavian), Barrat (English), Barratt (English), Barret (English), and Barrett (English). A famous person named Brett is Footballer, Brett Favre, born 10 October 1969, Gulfport, Mississippi. KEY: Pronunciation for Brett: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"   |
