Given name & surname

Brette

Brette is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Brette isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Brette through the years

Babies since 1880
612
11 boys · 601 girls
Most popular year
1994
28 babies
2025
6
#13,485 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Boys Girls
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Brette in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1962–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,485 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 657 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Brette’s family of names

Brette has a related form in Brett.

Walk Brette’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Brette, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Breanne

“from the high hill; one who ascends”

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>99% girls

Modern

Breneshia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Britnie

“a woman from Great Britain”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Breeonna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Brittnei

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Darienne

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Breeley

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Erendida

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Brette’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Brette

A sister for Brette