Name: Bret
Gender: Male
Usage: Bret, of anglo-saxon origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Bret are in general originating from France, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Bret across the world, see Brett.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Bret is: A Breton, Native of Brittany.
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Numerology of the first name Bret: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Bret is ranked on the 1,655th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 269300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.004% of the population. The name Bret has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Bret for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Bret is a male given name, which derives from Breton, a person from Brittany in France.
People so named include:
- Bret Anderson (born 1974), Canadian football player
- Bret Baier (born 1970), American journalist
- Bret Bergmark (born 1973), American mixed martial artist
- Bret Bielema (born 1970), American football coach
- Bret Blevins (born 1960), American comic book artist
- Bret Boone (born 1969), American baseball player
- Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964), American writer
- Bret Gilliam, American diver
- Bret Haaland (born 1959), American animator
- Bret Harrison (born 1982), American actor
- Bret Hart (born 1957), Canadian wrestler
- Bret Harte (1836-1902), American author
- Bret Hedican (born 1970), American ice hockey player
- Bret Iwan (born 1982), American voice actor
- Bret Anthony Johnston (born 1972), American writer
- Bret Loehr (born 1993), American actor
- Bret McKenzie (born 1976), New Zealand musician and actor
- Bret Michaels (born 1963), American singer
- Bret Morrison (1912-1978), American actor
- Bret Saberhagen (born 1964), American baseball player
- Bret Schundler (born 1959), American politician
- Bret Stephens (born 1973), American journalist
- Bret Thornton (born 1983), Australian football player
Fictional characters with the given name include:
- Bret Leather, in the comic book series Planetary
- Bret Maverick, in the television series Maverick and subsequent movies
- Bret Rensselaer, in several spy novels by Len Deighton
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