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English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Britt
- A surname.
- A city in Iowa
- An unincorporated community in Minnesota
- A female given name
Danish
Proper noun
Britt
- a female given name of Swedish and Norwegian origin
Faroese
Proper noun
Britt f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Britt: Brittarson
- daughter of Britt: Brittardóttir
Declension
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Indefinite
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Britt
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Britt
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Britt
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Brittar
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Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *broþ, Proto-Germanic *bruþą. Cognate with English broth.
Pronunciation
Noun
Britt f (plural Britten)
- broth
Middle Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Brittō.
Noun
Britt m
- Briton
Synonyms
Derived terms
Norwegian
Proper noun
Britt
- a female given name derived from Birgitta/Birgitte
Swedish
Etymology
Short form of Britta, a contraction of Birgitta. First recorded in Sweden in 1883.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Britt c (genitive Britts)
- a female given name
Usage notes
- Often used in 20th century hyphenated names such as Britt-Marie, Maj-Britt, Ulla-Britt.
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 38 656 females with the given name Britt living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.