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Britnie
How to Pronounce Britnie
Pronounced BRIT-nee /ˈbrɪt.ni/High
Meaning: Britnie is one of the many respellings of Brittany, a name taken from the French region Bretagne, itself named for the Britons who settled there. As a given name it is a modern place-name choice rather than a word with a personal meaning.Medium
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History & Origin
Britnie is a variant of Brittany, a place-name from the French region Bretagne, which took its name from the Britons who migrated there from the island of Britain. Brittany became one of the most fashionable American girls' names of the nineteen-eighties, and its popularity spawned a remarkable range of spellings; Britnie is one, appearing chiefly from the later nineteen-seventies.
It reached its high point in 1990, near the crest of the Brittany wave, and faded as the whole family cooled after the nineties. Britnie reads as a very-of-its-moment eighties-into-nineties spelling worn by women now in their thirties; the sound endures through Brittany, but this form is dated.
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What does the name Britnie mean?
Britnie is a variant of Brittany, a place-name from the French region Bretagne, home of the Britons.
How do you pronounce Britnie?
It's said BRIT-nee /ˈbrɪt.ni/ — two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Britnie a boy or girl name?
Britnie is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Britnie?
Britnie was an uncommon spelling that crested at the turn of the nineties with the Brittany craze and faded afterward.