Brittain
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.
Brittain by the numbers
Brittain was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 1990, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Brittain
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brittain. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Brittain
Names that are said the same way as Brittain, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Brightonbright settlement; a place name used as a given name230 in the US (2017)
- Brytonfrom the settlement of the Britons64 in the US (2017)
- Britona native of Britain6 in the US (2017)
- Britynfrom brittany, the region; a form of Brittany5 in the US (2017)
- Brittyn29 in the US (2017)
- Brighten19 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Brittain
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