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Britt - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Britt

[ 1 syll. brit(t), br-i-tt ] The boy name Britt is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is BRIHT †. Britt is largely used in the English language and its origin is Old English. Britt is a variant of the name Brett (English).

Britt is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1967, 0.007% of baby boys were given the name Britt. Its ranking then was #675. The baby name has since experienced a loss in popularity, and is now of irregular use. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly linked to Britt, Brett was the most widely used. There were times from 1969 to 1973 that the name Britt was given more often to girls, but it is slightly more popular as a boy name today.

Baby names that sound like Britt include Brit (English), Baird (English and Scottish), Bard (English and Scottish), Bardh (Albanian), Baret (English), Bart (Dutch, Hebrew, and English), Barth (English), Bartt (English), Bert (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Birt, Brad (English), Bradd (English), Brade, Brede, Bret (English), Brett (English), Brod, Brode, Brut, and Burt (English).

 



† Pronunciation for Britt: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


 
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