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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : From the bright town

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Bright

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from a Middle English nickname or personal name, meaning ‘bright’, ‘fair’, ‘pretty’, from Old English beorht ‘bright’, ‘shining’.
  • English : from a short form of any of several Old English personal names of which beorht was the first element, such as Beorhthelm ‘bright helmet’. Compare Bert.
  • Americanized form of German Brecht.
  • Americanized spelling of German Breit.

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