Brenton is an English place name and

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. 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 Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

given name based on the word ''bryne'', "flame". Brenton is now also used as a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

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.

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Brenton Adcock Brenton C. Adcock is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. Nuggety and rugged, Adcock earned a reputation as a dashing and reliable defender w ...

, Australian rules footballer *

Brenton Bersin Brenton Bersin (born May 9, 1990) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football at Wofford. Early life Bersin attended Charlotte Latin Sch ...

(born 1990), American football wide receiver *

Brenton Best Brenton Roy Best (born 13 November 1963) is an Australian politician. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1996 as a Labor member for Braddon. Biography Best was born on 13 November 1963 in Devonport, Tasmania. At the age of ...

(born 1963), Australian politician *

Brenton Birmingham Brenton Joe Birmingham (born November 29, 1972) is an American and Icelandic former professional basketball player who for the majority of his career played in the Úrvalsdeild karla. He won the Icelandic championship three times and was voted ...

(born 1972), American-Icelandic basketball player *

Brenton Bowen Brenton Bowen (born 21 May 1983 in Cairns, Queensland) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He played for the North Queensland Cowboys from 2003 to 2007 and the Gold Coast Titans in 2008. He is ...

(born 1983), Australian rugby league player *

Brenton Broadstock Brenton Thomas Broadstock (born 1952) is an Australian composer. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia on Australia Day in 2014 for "significant service to music as a composer, educator and mentor". Biography Broadstock was b ...

(born 1952), Australian composer * Brenton Brown (born 1973), South African-American Christian musician *

Brenton Cabello Brenton Cabello Forns (born 26 September 1981 in Barcelona) is a Spanish medley swimmer who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), we ...

(born 1981), Spanish swimmer *

Brenton Cox Jr. Brenton Alexander Cox Jr. (born January 30, 2000) is an American former college football outside linebacker for the Florida Gators and the Georgia Bulldogs prior to his time at Florida. He was dismissed from the University of Georgia on August 6 ...

(born 2000), American football player *

Brenton Griffiths Brenton Griffiths (born 9 February 1991) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a defender. Career Youth Griffiths played for St. Catherine High School in the parish St Catherine and Glenmuir High School in Clarendon, Jamaica before earning ...

(born 1991), Jamaican footballer * Brenton Grove (born 1997), Australian racing driver * Brenton Halliburton (1774–1860), Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court *

Brenton Harris Brenton Harris (born 9 October 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Harris was selected with pick 20 in the 1986 VFL Draft, one of five players that North Melbour ...

(born 1969), Australian rules footballer *

Brenton G. Hayden Brenton G. Hayden is an American entrepreneur. He is most well known for founding and serving as chief executive officer of Renters Warehouse. Hayden founded Renters Warehouse during the real estate market downturn in 2007. In 2015, the company ...

, American entrepreneur *

Brenton Jones Brenton Jones (born 12 December 1991) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for Australian amateur team Inform TMX MAKE. Major results ;2012 : 10th Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Road Championships ;2014 : Tour de Singkarak ::1st ...

(born 1991), Australian racing cyclist *

Brenton Klaebe Brenton Klaebe (born 23 October 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1991. He was recruited from the Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football Lea ...

(born 1966), Australian rules footballer * Brenton Langbein (1928–1993), Australian violinist, composer, and conductor *

Brenton Lawrence Brenton Lawrence (born 29 December 1984) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 2010s. Background Lawrence was born in Mackay, Queensland, Australia. Early career Lawrence moved to Adelaide in Sou ...

(born 1984), Australian rugby league player *

Brenton Raymond Lewis Brenton Raymond Lewis was an Australian physicist, Emeritus Professor at Australian National University from 1979 to 2012. He qualified PhD and DSc at Adelaide University and was a fellow of the Institute of Physics The Institute of Physics ...

, Australian physicist *

Brenton Miels Brenton Robyn Miels (12 January 1948 – 19 October 1997) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1965 until 1968 and then again from 1970 to 1977 during which time ...

(1948–1997), Australian rules footballer *

Brenton Metzler Brenton Metzler is an American television producer. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle as supervising producer of the HGTV show '' Elbow Room''. He had a leading role in the documentary ''F(l)ag Football'' (2015). Early li ...

, American producer * Brenton Parchment (born 1982), West Indian cricketer *

Brenton Phillips Brenton Phillips (born 5 November 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played mainly for the Brisbane Bears in the VFL/AFL and North Adelaide in the SANFL. Phillips spent most of his time on the field playing as wing, half forward ...

(born 1962), former Australian rules footballer * Brenton Pomery (born 1973), Australian rugby league player *

Brenton Rickard Brenton Scott Rickard (born 19 October 1983) is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Australia. He emerged at the international level in 2006, swimming at the Commonwealth games. He has captured multiple Olympic and World Championship medals, as ...

(born 1983), Australian swimmer *

Brenton Sanderson Brenton James Sanderson (born 27 February 1974) is a former Australian rules football player and is the former senior coach of the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Career Early career Originally from Adelaide, S ...

(born 1974), former Australian rules footballer *

Brenton See Brenton See (born 1985/1986) is an Australian artist, known for painting murals, especially of birds. See, whose mother is also an artist, studied graphic design at a technical and further education (TAFE) college and undertook an apprentice ...

, Australian artist *

Brenton Spencer Brenton Spencer is a Canadian film and television director and cinematographer. His television credits include '' Earth: Final Conflict'', '' Andromeda'', ''21 Jump Street'', '' Mutant X'', '' Poltergeist: The Legacy'', ''Sanctuary'', ''Stargate At ...

, Canadian film and television director *

Brenton Tarrant On 15 March 2019, two consecutive mass shootings occurred in a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The attacks, carried out by a lone gunman who entered both mosques during Friday prayer, began at the Al Noor Mosque ...

, Australian terrorist * Brenton Thwaites (born 1989), Australian actor *

Brenton Vilcins Brenton Vilcins (born 15 May 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Western Bulldogs, Footscray in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). When Vilcins was captain-coach of Leeton Football ...

(born 1966), Australian rules footballer *

Brenton Weyi Brenton Weyi (born January 16, 1990) is an American essayist, thinker, playwright, poet, and humanist. He is an inaugural Playwright Fellow at Denver Center for the Performing Arts as well as a lead organizer for TEDxBoulder—one of the largest ...

(born 1990), American writer * Brenton Wood (born 1941), American singer and songwriter *

Brenton G. Yorgason Brenton G. "Brent" Yorgason (May 25, 1945 in Mount Pleasant, Utah – October 28, 2016) was an American novelist and writer who used themes about members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States. Many of his ...

(1945–2016), American novelist

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Edward Brabazon Brenton Edward Brabazon Brenton (April 22, 1763 – March 11, 1845) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. He was born in Halifax, the son of James Brenton and Rebecca Scott. Brenton studied law at Lincoln's Inn; ...

(1763–1845), lawyer, judge, and politician in modern-day Canada *

Edward Pelham Brenton Captain Edward Pelham Brenton (20 July 1774 – 13 April 1839) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who military career was relatively quiet, apart from involvement in the capture of ...

(1774–1839), British officer of the Royal Navy *

Francis Brenton Francis Brenton (17 January 1927 – 1971?) was a British adventurer. He gained international reputation as a writer, photographer and explorer. Early life Francis Brenton was born in the family home, Adair Road, West Derby. His father Victor B ...

(1927–1971?), British adventurer *

Howard Brenton Howard John Brenton FRSL (born 13 December 1942) is an English playwright and screenwriter. While little-known in the United States, he is celebrated in his home country and often ranked alongside contemporaries such as Edward Bond, Caryl Chur ...

(born 1942), English playwright and screenwriter *

James Brenton James Brenton (November 2, 1736 – December 3, 1806) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Onslow Township from 1765 to 1770 and Halifax County from 1776 to 1785 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly . He ...

(1736–1806), British politician and judge in Nova Scotia, modern-day Canada * James Brenton (1740–1782), American Revolutionary War officer *

James D. Brenton Professor James D Brenton is a clinician scientist and Senior Group Leader at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and Professor of Ovarian Cancer Medicine in the Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge. He is an Honorary Consulta ...

, British medical scientist * Sir Jahleel Brenton, 1st Baronet, KCB (1770–1844), British admiral *

Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, 2nd Baronet (16 February 1807 – 13 June 1862)Leigh Rayment, ''The Baronetage of England, Ireland, Nova Scotia, Great Britain and the United Kingdom'', (accessed 12 Aug 2014). translated the Septuagint version ...

(1807–1862), translator of the Septuagint *

Lynn Brenton Lynn Davis Brenton (October 7, 1889 – October 14, 1968) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for four seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians in 1913 and 1915 and the Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American profes ...

(1889–1968), American baseball player *

Marianne Brenton Marianne Brenton (February 25, 1933 – February 10, 2013) was an American politician who represented the 23rd Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997, was a member of the Burlington School Committee ...

(1933–2013), American politician *

Samuel Brenton Samuel Brenton (November 22, 1810 – March 29, 1857) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana; born in Gallatin County, Kentucky. Attended the public schools; was ordained to the Methodist ministry in 1830 and served as a minister; located at Danv ...

(1810–1857), American politician from Indiana * Timothy Brenton (1970–2009), American police officer, murder victim *

Tommy Brenton Thomas Brenton (born May 2, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Stony Brook Seawolves of the America East Conference, where he won the 2013 Lefty Driesell Award, given to the top defensi ...

(born 1989), American basketball player *

Tony Brenton Sir Anthony Russell Brenton, (born 1 January 1950) is a former British diplomat. Education Brenton was educated at Peter Symonds' School, a former direct grant grammar school for boys (which subsequently became Peter Symonds College) in the ...

(born 1950), British diplomat * Will Brenton, British writer and producer * William Brenton (c. 1610–1674), colonial administrator in what is now the United States

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