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Girl

Brittany

Brittany means "From Britain" and comes from Latin, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It was at its most popular in the 1990s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is widely recognized. Common variant spellings include Britney and Brittney.

LatinFrom Britain
FrenchNamed for the region of Brittany, land of the Britons
Also spelled: Britney, Brittney
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
148
1970s
3,526
1980s
141,487
1990s
191,172
2000s
17,588
2010s
5,317
Peaked in the 1990s · 359,238 total U.S. births since 1900