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other uses|Brittany (disambiguation)Infobox Given Name Revised| name= Brittany| image=| imagesize=| caption=| pronunciation=| gender = Female| meaning = Land of the Britons, either Brittany or Britain.| region = France| footnotes = 1970s Brittany is a female given name of French and Latin origins, after Brittany , a region of France . Brittany first came into use in America during the 1970s and was at its height of popularity during the 1990s in the USA and Australia.
"Brittany" is also derived from ' Britannia ', a 2nd century Roman goddess. Early portraits of the goddess depict Britannia as a beautiful woman, wearing the helmet of a centurion, and wrapped in a white garment. She is usually shown seated on a rock, holding a spear. On another range of coinage, she is seated on a globe above waves: Britain at the edge of the (known) world. Especially following the Acts of Union 1707|Acts of Union in 1707, which joined the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, the personification of the martial Britannia was used as an emblem of British imperial power and unity. She has appeared consistently on British coinage ever since.
Brittany may also refer to:
In film and television :
Brittany Byrnes , actress
Brittany Curran , actress
Brittany Daniel , actress
Brittany Finamore , actress
Brittany McConnell , child actress
Brittany Murphy (1977& ndash;2009), American actress
Brittany Perrineau , actress and former model
Brittany Petros , actress
Brittany Snow , actress
Brittany Tiplady , actress
Brittany Underwood , actress
Brittany Flickinger , reality TV personality
In music :
Brittany Hargest , singer and dancer
Britney Spears (born 1981), American singer and actress
In sports :
Brittany Bock , American soccer player
Brittney Griner (born 1990), American basketball player
Brittany Jackson , basketball player
Brittany Lincicome (born 1985), American golfer
Brittany Timko , Canadian soccer player
Brittany Viola , diver
In fiction :
Brittany Marsino , on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
Brittany Miller , lead singer of the fictional group "The Chipettes"
Brittany Pierce , a cheerleader from the TV series Glee
Other :
Brittanie Cecil (1988& ndash;2002), teen who died when a puck hit her in the face during an NHL hockey game
Brittany CoxXx (born 1978), American trans woman performer in pornography
Brittany Hensel , sister to Abigail Hensel; the two are dicephalic conjoined twins
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External links
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/name/0/Brittany Origin of the word Brittany
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ Social Security Administration Office of the Chief Actuary
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