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Bretton

What does Bretton mean?

Bretton Pronunciation of Bretton as a name for boys is a Latin and Old English name, and the name Bretton means "from Britany or Britain; from Britain". Bretton is a variant form of Brett (Latin). Bretton is also a derivative of Britton (Old English).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Bre-, -ton

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, britain (england)

Variations

VARIANTS Brittan, Brittain, Briton, Breton

RELATIONS VIA BRETT, BRITTON Bret, Brette, Britt, Britte

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Bretton Aksel (B.A.), ..

How popular is Bretton?

Bretton is a rare first name for men but a very popular last name for all people (#63812 out of 150436, Top 42%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Popular varying forms of Bretton (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) are Brett (#787 LAST YEAR), Britton (#1601), Bret and Britt. Usage of these relations of Bretton was widespread 4 decades ago (AVERAGE #591) and has become much less since (#1597, DOWN 92%), with versions such as Bret going out of style. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Bret, Brett, Britt, Britton in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Brett outside U.S.

Similar Names

Bretton is alike in pronunciation to Brighton. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Barrton, Barton, Belton, Benton, Bertin, Berton, Braddon, Bradon, Braedon, Branton, Braxton, Braydon, Brendon, Brennon, Brentan, Brenten, Brentin, Brenton, Brentton, Brenttyn, Brentyn, Brexton, Brocton, Burton, Button, Preston and Trenton. These names tend to be more frequently used than Bretton.

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