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Brittle

 

Frequency: (203)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)

English (West Midlands): from a diminutive of Brett.

See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.

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