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Brittany

99% API Accuracy • 13,027 samples analyzed

female
Female Name 99% confidence

Overview

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Sample Size 13,027

Gender Distribution

Male: 1.4%
Female: 98.6%

Origin and Meaning

Origin

The name Brittany is of French origin

Meaning

The name Brittany is derived from the word 'Britannia' which was the Roman name for the region that is now known as England and Wales. It became widely used as a given name in America in the 1970s, possibly inspired by the name of the Brittany region in France.

Geographic Distribution

This name appears in the following countries, sorted by popularity:

US 11,553 samples
99%
CA 449 samples
99%
GB 164 samples
96%
AU 126 samples
98%
MX 99 samples
99%
FR 97 samples
98%
ES 42 samples
90%
IT 33 samples
97%
DE 32 samples
97%
NZ 31 samples
100%
NL 29 samples
100%
JP 25 samples
100%
ZA 23 samples
96%
CN 22 samples
95%
KR 16 samples
100%
SV 14 samples
100%
PH 12 samples
100%
BS 11 samples
100%
HK 11 samples
100%
NG 11 samples
100%

+ 12 more countries

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