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britt Name Meaning and History

  1. English: ethnic name for a Celtic-speaking Briton or a Breton, from Middle English brit, bret, Old French bret (see Brett).
  2. German: from a vernacular form of the personal name Brixius (see Brice).

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Distribution of britt Families in the US in 1920
Number of britt families
 262-521
 88-261
 1-87
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