Brehaut Family History
Brehaut Name Meaning
Breton and French (Bréhaut); Channel Islands: probably an altered form of Breton Berhaut which is from a personal name composed of Old Breton berth ‘handsome bright’ + gualt ‘hair’ or perhaps a habitational name from Berhet in Côtes-d'Armor Brittany with local reinterpretation of the final syllable as haut ‘high’. Alternatively the Breton name Bréhaut may be a habitational name from Le Bréhaut in Côtes-d'Armor. As a French name found mainly in Aisne and Seine-et-Marne Bréhaut is probably also of different non-Breton origin. Compare Burhoe .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022