Message: "Brittany" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Brittany

by Halo (guest)

1/10/2001, 3:10 PM

I'm interested in learning more about the name Brittany. I know it's French and I know Brittany's a region in the northwest of France. I know the French language is a descendent of Latin. So, I was wondering if anyone knows the Latin mean to the name Brittany?

#Brittany

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- Daividh (guest) +4

1/11/2001, 9:11 PM

I'm flying blind again on this one (ref books packed, alas), but I believe the origin of "Britain" is in the name of the Prytanni, a Celtic tribe of pre-Roman times.

Therefore, the Latin "Brittania" would mean simply "land of the Prytanni".

- invisable man (guest)

6/17/2004, 3:04 PM

i think your right but whats more to wonder about is the origins of the prytanni

- PriaposLovs (guest) +2

1/12/2001, 2:25 AM

I thought it meant breast augmentation

- Daividh (guest)

1/12/2001, 7:32 AM

Actually, spelt Looziana trailer-park style (Britney), it do.

- Nanaea

1/12/2001, 3:23 AM

If it had an extra "t", it'd be an anagram for a large building where eager, wannabe bimbettes might line up like cattle to get their breast augmentations. I can just see the televised commercials: "Get your low-cost breast augmentation at Dr. Joe-Bob's... " (No I'm not gonna say it.)

-- Nanaea

- Norah (guest) +1

1/11/2001, 10:23 AM

I think Brittany (Bretagne in French) is derived from the same word where we get Britain (like Great Britain). In that case, Britannia is Latin for Britain.

- Halo (guest)

1/11/2001, 8:16 PM

OK thanks. How about the name Danielle, it is also French. I love the way Brittany and Danielle sound together.

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