Breton as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Breton

What is the meaning of the name Breton ?

The baby name Breton is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbrɛtən/ (BREH-tən).

Breton is Breton in Origin.

Breton is a surname-turned-given name rooted in French breton, “a Breton; person from Brittany,” from Latin Britto/Brittones, the Roman term for the Britons, ultimately from a Celtic ethnonym. As a given name it conveys the sense “of Brittany,” “a Briton,” or more broadly “from the Breton people/language,” evoking the Celtic heritage of Armorica (modern Brittany) and its language, brezhoneg.

In medieval France and England, Breton appeared as a byname for immigrants and was standardized as the surname le Breton, borne by figures such as the poet-historian Guillaume le Breton; in the modern era the surname of André Breton kept the word culturally visible. The first-name use rose in the late 20th century in English- and French-speaking countries amid the surname-to-given-name trend. Variants and relatives include Brett, Bret, Britton, Briton, Bretton, and Spanish Bretón; loosely related are Brittany and Britta.