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 [ 3 syll. brit-ta-ny, br-itt-any ] The girl name Brittany is pronounced BRIHTahNiy KEY. Brittany's origin is Old English, and its use, English. Brittany's meaning is 'from Little Britain'. From britannia 'England' ; pretanike 'England'. The first name is derived from the Anglicized form of Bretagne, the name of the province in the peninsula to the northwest of France. The region was named after the Britons, who fled there after the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain. The place name Brittany was used in the Middle Ages to differentiate the province known also as Little Britain, from Great Britain. The ultimate source is thus Britannia, the early Roman term for the island of England, or Pretanike, the equivalent Greek term. The first name has been regularly adopted by English speakers only since the 20th century, especially in the US. The name is commonly found with two syllables, such as in the form Britney, which is famously borne by the US pop singer Britney Spears (1981-). Brittany is a widely used name; it has 85 variations. Variations of the name include Bretny, Bretteny, Brettiney, Brettney, Brettnie, Bridnee, Bridney, Brit (used in Scandinavian as well), Brita (used in Finnish, German, Scandinavian, and Irish as well), Britannia, Britney, Britni, Britny, Britnye, Briton, Brittainny, Brittainy, Brittamy, Brittana, Brittane, Brittania, Brittaniee, Brittann, Brittanyne, Brittell, Britten, Brittiani, Brittianni, Brittiany, Brittin, Brittina, Brittine, Brittini, Brittlin, Brittlynn, Brittnaye, Brittne, Brittnea, Brittnee, Brittneigh, Brittney, Brittni, Brittny, Britton, Brittoni, Brittony, Brittyne, Brityn, Brityne, Brytnea, Brytni, Bryton, Bryttani, Bryttine, and Bryttney. Other English forms include the short forms Britt (used in Scandinavian as well), Britta (used in Scandinavian as well), and Brittan, the pet forms Bibi (used in Iranian, and Urdu as well), Bret, Brett, Bretta, Brette, Britte, Brittie, and Britty, and the spelling variants Britanny, Britany, Britianee, Britknee, Brittanee, Brittaney, Brittani, Brittanie, Brittanni, Brittannie, Brittanny, Brittenee, Britteney, Brittenie, Britteny, Brittiney, Brittiny, Brittknee, and Bryttany. Brittany is fairly popular as a baby name for girls. The name grew in popularity from the 1970s up to the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only irregular use. At the height of its usage in 1989, 1.897% of baby girls were named Brittany. It ranked at #3 then. The baby name has since markedly dropped in popularity. In 2008, it ranked at #421 with a usage of 0.037%, but it was nevertheless the most popular within all girl names in its group. 74% more girls were named Brittany than the next ranked name, the English Britney, in 2008. Brittany has mostly been a girl name, although in the past century it has also been used for boys. In 1990, the name Brittany was given to 342 times more girls than boys. Baby names that sound like Brittany include the English Britteney, the English Brittenie, the English Brittiany, the English Brittiney, the English Brittony, the English and German Bertina, the English Bretteny, the English Brettiney, the English Britanny, the English Britany, the English Brittamy, the English Brittana, the English Brittanee, the English Brittaney, the English Brittani, the English Brittanie, the English Brittanni, the English Brittannie, the English Brittanny, and the English Brittanyne. A famous person named Brittany is Actress, Brittany Murphy, born 10 November 1977, Atlanta, Georgia. KEY: Pronunciation for Brittany: 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)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
