Updated June 9, 2019

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : From the bright town

Boy name variations

Breighton

Breighton

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Bright

Bright

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Brightin

Brightin

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Bryton

Bryton

- 25% this year
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How Popular Is The Name Brighton

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from Breighton in East Yorkshire, on the river Derwent. This place is named with Old English beorht ‘bright’ or an unattested personal name Beohta + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The surname is unlikely to derive from Brighton in Sussex, which was known as Brighthelmestone until the end of the 18th century.