Britt

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See also: britt

English

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Britt

  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Iowa
  3. An unincorporated community in Minnesota
  4. A female given name

Danish

Proper noun

Britt

  1. a female given name of Swedish and Norwegian origin

Faroese

Proper noun

Britt f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Britt: Brittarson
  • daughter of Britt: Brittardóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Britt
Accusative Britt
Dative Britt
Genitive Brittar

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *broþ, Proto-Germanic *bruþą. Cognate with English broth.

Pronunciation

Noun

Britt f (plural Britten)

  1. broth

Middle Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Brittō.

Noun

Britt m

  1. Briton

Synonyms

Derived terms

Norwegian

Proper noun

Britt

  1. 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

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Proper noun

Britt c (genitive Britts)

  1. 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
  • [1] 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.