Brenton

Where Brenton comes from

The dictionaries list Brenton as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,045 among boys, 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.