Brittan
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.
Brittan by the numbers
Brittan was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 36 babies in 1986, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Brittan
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 Brittan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- BrittonBriton, one from Britain134 in the US (2017)
- Brittanifrom britain; a form of Brittany8 in the US (2017)
- Britten16 in the US (2017)
- Brittain13 in the US (2017)
- Britainland of the britons; place name used as given name59 in the US (2017)
- Brittbright or from Britain; variant of Brit14 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Brittan
Names that are said the same way as Brittan, 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 Brittan
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