Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A habitational surname from Old English. · A male given name transferred from the surname, of 20th century and later usage. · A housing estate in Polperro parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2150). · A small river in Greater London, England, which joins the Thames at Brentford.
English surname from placenames in Devon and Somerset, from Old English brant (“steep”), referring to hills. Compare Brents.
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- Derivation mentionbrantang · steep
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