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Conference oass::babynames

Title:A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy)
Notice:BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy...
Moderator:OASS::BURDEN_D
Created:Tue Feb 13 1996
Last Modified:Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:996
Total number of notes:7139

199.0. "Here's one!" by SAVAGE::FINK_MAZUR () Mon Mar 28 1988 13:41

    
    	I haven't seen "Brittany" in this file yet.  Does anyone
    have any info on this name?  I love it!
    
    Thanks,
    Sheryl
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199.1 Anglo - FrenchKAOFS::S_BROOKMany hands make bytes workMon Mar 28 1988 16:404
    Brittany is of English origin but is comes from the French as
    "one from Breton", a provinvce of France.  Brittany is the English
    name for this French province.

199.2And also purely BritishKAOFS::S_BROOKMany hands make bytes workWed Apr 06 1988 11:395
    There is another derivation that I forgot....
    
    From the Old English characterisation of Britain itself named
    Britannia.
    
199.3English? Surprise!NETMAN::BLANEYWelcome to the JUNGLE.......Thu Jan 05 1989 11:3412
    Hi,
    
    I just logged into this notes file to see what it was about.  So
    far I've found it to be extremely interesting.  My daughter's name
    is Brittany Michele and I'm surprised that it's origin is English,
    because the first time I heard it (which is when I decide I loved
    it) was in North Dakota in a primarily Scandinavian culture.
    
    Thanks for the information.
    
    Laurel
    
199.4Veddy British, IndeedATLAST::ANDERSONGive me a U, give me a T...Tue Feb 14 1989 00:356
	My dictionary (Dunkling and Gosling) agrees with .2.  BTW,
	Brittany is really starting to go off the top of the
	popularity charts these days -- you don't want your
	daughter to enter first grade with a class full of Brittanies.
		
		-- Cliff