Given name & surname
Brittany
“a woman from Great Britain”
Brittany is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a woman from Great Britain.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a woman from Great Britain.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
From Middle English Bretany, from Medieval Latin Britannia, from Middle French Bretagne; its root is Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brittany through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 361,751
- 1,078 boys · 360,673 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 38,008 babies
- 2025
- 281
- #928 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 281 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 928 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 16.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37,792 in 1989. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (51). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 302,717 as a first name in 2020; 137 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Brittany’s family of names
In English usage, Brittany shares an earlier linguistic root with Britain. In English usage, Brittany has a related form in Brittney. In English usage, Brittany has a related form in Brittney.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 32
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Britneyvariant · English
- Brittneyvariant · English
- Britanyvariant · English
- Britnyvariant
- Britttanylikely variant
- Brittanyelikely variant
- Brittannylikely variant
- Brittannielikely variant
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- Brittaneevariant · English
- Brittanyavariant
- Britaniavariant
- Britanivariant
- Brettanyvariant
- Brittnyvariant
- Brittnievariant · English
- Brittnivariant · English
- Brittneevariant
- Brittaniavariant
- Britnievariant · English
- Britnivariant
- Britneevariant
- Brittanivariant
- Brittaneyvariant
- Brittanievariant
- Brittenyvariant · English
- Brittanyylikely variant
- Britainavariant
- Britainevariant
- Brettaneevariant
- Brettaneyvariant
- Brettanievariant
- Brettanivariant
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Brittany
- Brittany MurphyAmerican actress and singer (1977–2009)
- Brittany SnowAmerican actress and modelborn 1986
- Brittany DanielAmerican actressborn 1976
- Brittany CurranAmerican actressborn 1990
- Brittany ByrnesAustralian actressborn 1987
- Brittany BoweAmerican speed skaterborn 1988
- Brittany ElmslieAustralian swimmerborn 1994
- Brittany BaxterCanadian soccer playerborn 1985
- Brittany BrobenAustralian diverborn 1995
Characters named Brittany: Brittany Pierce (the television series Glee).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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