Brett derives from a Middle English surname meaning "Briton" or "Breton", referring to the Celtic people of Britain and Brittany, France. Brette can be a feminine name.
People with the surname
Adrian Brett (born 1945) English flutist and writer
Agnes Baldwin Brett (1876–1955), American numismatist
Bill Brett, Baron Brett (1942–2012), English politician and businessman
Bob Brett (1953−2021), Australian tennis coach
Brian Brett (speedway rider) (1938-2006), English speedway rider
Brian Brett (born 1950), Canadian writer
Charles Brett (1928–2005), Northern Irish lawyer
Charles Brett (MP) (1715–1799), British politician
Dorothy Brett (1883–1977), British-American painter
George Brett (baseball) (born 1953), American baseball player, brother of Ken Brett George Brett (general) (1886–1963), American general George Wendell Brett (1912–2005), American philatelist Henry Brett (polo player) (born 1974), English polo player Jan Brett (born 1949), American children's writer James Seymour Brett (born 1974) English film composer Jasper Brett (1895–1917), Irish rugby player Jeremy Brett (1933–1995), British actor Jodie Brett (born 1996), English footballer John Brett (disambiguation) Ken Brett (1948–2003), American baseball player Laurie Brett (born 1970), British actress Nick Brett (born 1974), English bowler Paul Brett (born 1947), British guitarist Peter V. Brett (born 1973), American writer of fantasy novels Philip Brett (1937–2002), American musicologist and conductor Philip Milledoler Brett (1871–1960), American lawyer and university president Raymond L. Brett (1917–1996), professor of English and a friend of Philip Larkin Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher (1852–1930), British politician Richard Brett (1567–1637), English scholar Robert Brett (1851–1929), Canadian politician Rosa Brett (1829–1882), British painter Ryan Brett (born 1991), baseball player Sammy Brett (1879–1939), English footballer Sarah Brett (born 1974), UK-based radio presenter Simon Brett (born 1945), British writer Stephen Brett (born 1985), New Zealand rugby player Sylvia Brett (1885–1971), Ranee of Sarawak Thomas Brett (cricketer) (1747–1809), English cricketer Thomas Brett (nonjuror) (1667–1743), English nonjuring clergyman Thomas Rutherford Brett (1931–2021), United States federal judge Tom Brett (born 1989), English cricketer William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher (1817–1899), British lawyer William Howard Brett (1846–1918), librarian William Howard Brett Jr. (1893–1989), Director of the United States Mint from 1954 to 1961