Brenton is an English
place name and
surname. The surname Brenton indicates that one's ancestors came from a place called Brenton near
Exminster,
Devon, south West England, the original meaning of which was "Bryni's homestead". Bryni was an
Old English given name based on the word bryne, "flame".[1]
Brenton is now also used as a
given name in English speaking countries. It has been one of the thousand most common names for boys born in the United States since 1966.[2] The name can be commonly found in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In Australia it is particularly associated with South Australia, where it has historically been very popular. Its popularity in Australian and the US increased in the 1980s due to the TV miniseries All the Rivers Run, based on the 1958 novel of the same name by
Nancy Cato, which contained a character named Brenton Edwards.[3]
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name or the same
family name. If an
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Brenton is an English
place name and
surname. The surname Brenton indicates that one's ancestors came from a place called Brenton near
Exminster,
Devon, south West England, the original meaning of which was "Bryni's homestead". Bryni was an
Old English given name based on the word bryne, "flame".[1]
Brenton is now also used as a
given name in English speaking countries. It has been one of the thousand most common names for boys born in the United States since 1966.[2] The name can be commonly found in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In Australia it is particularly associated with South Australia, where it has historically been very popular. Its popularity in Australian and the US increased in the 1980s due to the TV miniseries All the Rivers Run, based on the 1958 novel of the same name by
Nancy Cato, which contained a character named Brenton Edwards.[3]
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name or the same
family name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.