Given name & surname · also French
Brittain
Brittain is a surname from Anglo-Norman, ultimately from Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Brittain comes from Anglo-Norman, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Anglo-Norman Bretaigne, from Latin Britannia.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brittain through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 712
- 391 boys · 321 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,498 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −62%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,498 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 710 as a first name in 2020; 8,005 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.
Brittain’s family of names
Brittain has a related form in Brett. In English usage, Brittain as a surname has a related form in Brittan. In English usage, Brittain as a surname has a related form in Brittan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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