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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BRETON

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(origin: British.) A native of Britain; Bretton, a town in Flintshire, Wales.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

French and English: ethnic name for a Breton, from Old French bret (oblique case breton) (see Brett).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)