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brinton Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from Brinton in Norfolk, named in Old English as Br¯ningtun ‘settlement (Old English tun) associated with (-ing-) Br¯ni’ (a personal name based on Old English bryne ‘fire’, ‘flame’), or from any of various other places with names of the same origin, such as Brineton in Staffordshire, Brimpton in Berkshire, Brenton in Devon, Brington in Cambridgeshire or (Great and Little) Brington in Northamptonshire.

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Distribution of brinton Families in the US in 1920
Number of brinton families
 67-132
 23-66
 1-22
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