Brehaut Family History

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.