Brenton

Where Brenton comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Brenton.

Brenton through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,045 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1983
    Brenton Rickard born
    Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, world champion, former world record-holder
  3. 1984
    Peak, #260
    799 babies named Brenton, the most in any year.
  4. 1989
    Brenton Thwaites born
    Australian actor
  5. 1991
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #518.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Brenton Thwaites · Australian actor, born 1989
  • Brenton Rickard · Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, world champion, former world record-holder, born 1983
  • Brenton Tarrant · Australian terrorist (born October 27, 1990), born 1990
  • Brenton Jones · cyclist, born 1991
  • Brenton Broadstock · Australian composer, born 1952

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.