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Brett is a name used as both a given name and a surname in English-speaking countries. The given name is generally of English origin and is linked to the demonyms Briton or Breton, indicating ancestry from Britain or from Brittany in France.

As a given name, Brett has historically been masculine; in recent decades it has also been used for females. The standard spelling is Brett with two Ts, while a one-T variant, Bret, is common in some cases.

As a surname, Brett originated as a descriptive nickname for someone thought to be Breton or from Brittany, or as a toponymic or ethnonymic name derived from the same origin.

Notable people with the given name include Brett Favre, an American football quarterback; Brett Kavanaugh, a United States Supreme Court Justice; Bret Easton Ellis, an American author; Brett Hull, a Hall of Fame hockey player; Brett Gardner, an American baseball player; Brett Michaels, a rock musician; Brett Ratner, a film director; and Brett Dalton, an actor.

Variant spellings include Bret, used by some individuals such as Bret Easton Ellis. The name has been used in literature and popular culture, and remains a recognizable English-language given name and surname.