Given name & surname
Britt
Britt is used as a given name and a surname. Britt is connected with Birgit.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Swedish use, Britt is a contracted form of Birgit. An origin associated with Birgit is Irish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish use, Britt is used as a contracted form of Birgit.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Britt through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,626
- 4,710 boys · 2,916 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 249 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 84% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 19 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 142 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,379 as a first name in 2020; 29,594 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Britt’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Britt is a short form of Britta. Britt has a related form in Brett. In Swedish usage, Britt has a conventional equivalent in the German form Brigitte.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Britt has relatives in 4 languages.
7 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Britt
- Britt EklandSwedish actress (born 1942)
- Britt RobertsonAmerican actress (born 1990)
- Britt LowerAmerican actressborn 1985
- Britt AssombalongaCongolese association football playerborn 1992
- Brit PettersenNorwegian cross-country skierborn 1961
- Britt Strandbergcross-country skierborn 1934
- Britt McKillipCanadian actressborn 1991
- Britt NicoleAmerican Christian singer-songwriterborn 1985
- Britt AllcroftBritish filmmaker (1943–2024)
Characters named Britt: Green Hornet (fictional character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Britt, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Brant
“a fiery torch” · “one who wields a sword”
>99% boys
Bryon
Bryon is a masculine given name from Irish.
>99% boys
Brent
“from the hill”
>99% boys
Bret
“a Breton”
>99% boys
Boris
“a warrior; having battle glory”
>99% boys
Brad
“one who has broad shoulders”
>99% boys
Toussaint
“all saints”
>99% boys
Nils
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys