Bretton
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English
Etymology
From Old English Brett (“Briton”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Bretton (countable and uncountable, plural Brettons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A suburb and civil parish in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1600).
- A hamlet in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2077).
- A village in Broughton and Bretton community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3563).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bretton is the 74141st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 261 individuals. Bretton is most common among White (90.04%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bretton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 224.