Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Brittan is a form of Brittain. Brittain comes from Anglo-Norman, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brittan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,359
- 480 boys · 879 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 58 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −48%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,215 as a first name in 2020; 510 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.
Brittan’s family of names
Brittan has a related form in Brett. In English usage, Brittan as a surname has a related form in Brittain.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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