Brittany (name)
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Brittany |
| Region of origin | United States |
| 1970s | |
Brittany is a female given name, after the Brittany region of France, first given in the United States in the 1970s. It was frequently given in the United States in the late 1980s and early 1990s, peaking in popularity at rank 3 in 1991/2.[1]
In entertainment
- Brittany Byrnes, actress
- Brittany Curran, actress
- Brittany Daniel, actress
- Brittany Finamore, actress
- Brittany Flickinger, reality TV personality
- Brittany Hargest, singer and dancer
- Brittany Murphy (1977–2009), American actress
- Brittany O'Grady, American actress
- Brittany Perrineau, actress and former model
- Brittany Petros, actress
- Brittany Sheets (born 1988), better known as Mars Argo, singer-songwriter and Internet personality
- Brittany Snow, actress
- Brittany Tiplady, actress
- Brittany Underwood, actress
In sports
- Brittany Bock, American soccer player
- Brittany Bowe, American long-track speed skater
- Brittany Boyd, American basketball player
- Brittany Broben, Australian diver
- Brittany Brown, American professional wrestler
- 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
Other
- Brittanie Cecil (1988–2002), teen who died when a puck hit her in the face during an NHL hockey game
- Brittany Covington (born 1998), American criminal and perpetrator of the 2017 Chicago torture incident hate crime
- Brittany Hensel, sister to Abigail Hensel; the two are dicephalic conjoined twins
- Brittani Kline, American fashion model and America's Next Top Model contestant
- Brittany "Bre" Scullark, American fashion model and America's Next Top Model contestant
- Brittany "McKey" Sullivan, American fashion model and America's Next Top Model contestant
Pseudonyms
- Brittany CoxXx (born 1978), American trans woman performer in pornography
Fictional characters
- Brittany Marsino, a character in the TV series The Young and the Restless
- Brittany Miller, member of the Chipettes
- Brittany Pierce, a character in the TV series Glee
- Brittany Quilty, a character in the film Cyberbully
- Brittany Rose, a character in the film Cyberbully
- Brittany Weston, a character in the TV series Thirtysomething
- Brittany Forgler, the protagonist in the film Brittany Runs a Marathon
- Brittney Wong, a minor character in the cartoon series, Star Vs. the Forces of Evil
- Brittany Taylor, a character in the cartoon series, Daria
- Brittany "Brit" Crust, an antagonist from the cartoon series, My Life as a Teenage Robot
See also
References
External links
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