Brenton
Brenton is an English place name and surname. The surname Brenton indicates that one's ancestors came from a place called Brenton near Exminster, Devon, south West England, the original meaning of which was "Bryni's homestead". Bryni was an Old English given name based on the word bryne, "flame".
Brenton is now also used as a given name in English-speaking countries. It has been one of the thousand most common names for boys born in the United States since 1966. The name can be commonly found in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, it is particularly associated with South Australia, where it has historically been very popular. Its popularity in Australian and the US increased in the 1980s due to the TV miniseries All the Rivers Run, based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Nancy Cato, which contained a character named Brenton Edwards.
Given name
- Brenton Adcock, Australian rules footballer
- Brenton Bersin, American football wide receiver
- Brenton Best, Australian politician
- Brenton Birmingham, American-Icelandic basketball player
- Brenton Bowen, Australian rugby league player
- Brenton Broadstock, Australian composer
- Brenton Brown, South African-American Christian musician
- Brenton Cabello, Spanish swimmer
- Brenton Cox Jr., American football player
- Brenton Griffiths, Jamaican footballer
- Brenton Grove, Australian racing driver
- Brenton Halliburton, Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court
- Brenton Harris, Australian rules footballer
- Brenton G. Hayden, American entrepreneur
- Brenton Jones, Australian racing cyclist
- Brenton Klaebe, Australian rules footballer
- Brenton Langbein, Australian violinist, composer, and conductor
- Brenton Lawrence, Australian rugby league player
- Brenton Raymond Lewis, Australian physicist
- Brenton Miels, Australian rules footballer
- Brenton Metzler, American producer
- Brenton Parchment, West Indian cricketer
- Brenton Phillips, former Australian rules footballer
- Brenton Pomery, Australian rugby league player
- Brenton Rickard, Australian swimmer
- Brenton Sanderson, former Australian rules footballer
- Brenton See, Australian artist
- Brenton Strange, American football player
- Brenton Spencer, Canadian film and television director
- Brenton Tarrant, Australian terrorist
- Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor
- Brenton Vilcins, Australian rules footballer
- Brenton Weyi, American writer
- Brenton Wood, American singer and songwriter
- Brenton G. Yorgason, American novelist
Surname
- Edward Brabazon Brenton, lawyer, judge, and politician in modern-day Canada
- Edward Pelham Brenton, British officer of the Royal Navy
- Francis Brenton, British adventurer
- Howard Brenton, English playwright and screenwriter
- James Brenton, several people
- Sir Jahleel Brenton, 1st Baronet, KCB, British admiral
- Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, translator of the Septuagint
- Lynn Brenton, American baseball player
- Marianne Brenton, American politician
- Samuel Brenton, American politician from Indiana
- Timothy Brenton, American police officer, murder victim
- Tommy Brenton, American basketball player
- Tony Brenton, British diplomat
- Will Brenton, British writer and producer
- William Brenton, colonial administrator in what is now the United States