Brett - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Brett \b-re-tt\ is pronounced bret. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "from Britanny or Britain". Surname used as given name. Also variant of Brittany. Literary: Lady Brett Ashley was Hemingway's heroine in the novel "The Sun Also Rises".

Brett has 5 variant forms: Bret, Bretta, Brettany, Brette and Britt.

Baby names that sound like Brett are Berett, Bert, Beret, Britta, Brita, Breda, Brietta, Brieta, Briet, Britte, Briette, Brit and Britty.

Brett is a common female first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Brett. Click here to compare Brett with related baby names.