Brittany (name)

For other uses, see Brittany (disambiguation).

Brittany
Gender	Female
Origin
Meaning	Land of the Britons, either Brittany or Britain.
Region of origin	France
1970s

Brittany is a female given name of French and Latin origins, after Brittany, a region of France. Brittany first came into use in America during the 1970s and was at its height of popularity during the 1990s in the USA and Australia.

"Brittany" is also derived from 'Britannia', a 2nd century Roman goddess. Early portraits of the goddess depict Britannia as a beautiful woman, wearing the helmet of a centurion, and wrapped in a white garment. She is usually shown seated on a rock, holding a spear. On another range of coinage, she is seated on a globe above waves: Britain at the edge of the (known) world. Especially following the Acts of Union in 1707, which joined the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, the personification of the martial Britannia was used as an emblem of British imperial power and unity. She has appeared consistently on British coinage ever since.

Brittany may also refer to:

In film and television:

• Brittany Byrnes, actress
• Brittany Curran, actress
• Brittany Daniel, actress
• Brittany Finamore, actress
• Brittany McConnell, child actress
• Brittany Murphy (1977–2009), American actress
• Brittany Perrineau, actress and former model
• Brittany Petros, actress
• Brittany Snow, actress
• Brittany Tiplady, actress
• Brittany Underwood, actress
• Brittany Flickinger, reality TV personality

In music:

• Brittany Hargest, singer and dancer
• Britney Spears (born 1981), American singer and actress

In sports:

• Brittany Bock, American soccer player
• Brittney Griner (born 1990), American basketball player
• Brittany Jackson, basketball player
• Brittany Lincicome (born 1985), American golfer
• Brittany Timko, Canadian soccer player
• Brittany Viola, diver

In fiction:

• Brittany Marsino, on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Brittany Miller, lead singer of the fictional group "The Chipettes"
• Brittany Pierce, a cheerleader from the TV series Glee

Other:

• Brittanie Cecil (1988–2002), teen who died when a puck hit her in the face during an NHL hockey game
• Brittany CoxXx (born 1978), American trans woman performer in pornography
• Brittany Hensel, sister to Abigail Hensel; the two are dicephalic conjoined twins

External links

• Origin of the word Brittany
• Social Security Administration Office of the Chief Actuary