| Brittany | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Region of Origin | USA |
| Origin | 1970s |
| Related names | Britany, Brittney, Britney |
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For other uses, see Brittany (disambiguation).
This article is about the female name Brittany. For the Britney Spears album, see Britney (album). For the Busted song, see Britney (song).
Brittany is a female given name, after Brittany, the region of France, ultimately derived from Britannia (see Britain (name)). The given name is a modern coinage and first came into use in the 1970s in the USA (e.g. Brittany Holberg b. 1973, Brittany Petros b. 1974, Brittany Daniel b. 1976, Brittany Murphy b. 1977).[1]
The name has several different spellings, the most common versions being Britney and Brittney.
Brittany may also refer to:
In film and television:
- Brittany Byrnes, Australian actress
- Brittany Curran, American actress
- Brittany Daniel, American actress
- Brittany Finamore, American actress
- Brittany McConnell, American child actress
- Brittany Murphy, American actress
- Brittany Perrineau, actress and former model
- Brittany Petros, American actress
- Brittany Snow, American film and television actress
- Brittany Tiplady, Canadian television actress
- Brittany Underwood, American television actress
- Brittany Flickinger, reality TV participant
In modelling and adult entertainment:
- Brittany Andrews, American actress and exotic dancer
- Brittany Binger, American model and Playboy Playmate
- Brittany Evans, American model
- Brittany Hogan, American beauty queen
- Brittany Swann, American beauty queen
In music:
- Brittany Hargest, American singer/dancer
- Britney Spears, American singer
- Brittany Wells, American country music artist
In sports:
- Brittany Bock, American football player
- Brittany Jackson, American women's basketball player and model
- Brittany Lincicome, American professional golfer
- Brittany Timko, Canadian soccer player
- Brittany Viola, American diver
In fiction:
- Brittany Diggers, character in the Gold Digger comics
- Brittany Marsino, on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
Other:
- Brittanie Cecil, teen who died when a puck hit her in the face during an NHL hockey game
- Brittany Hensel, sister to Abigail Hensel; the two are dicephalic conjoined twins
- Brittany Holberg, a woman on death row for robbery and murder
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