Celtic Britons
The name continued to be used in Middle English, with the spellings Bret, Brette, Brettis. Middle English also used the forms Brut and Brutt-, with the spelling copied from the name of Brutus of Troy. Mythology in the Middle Ages said that Britain was named after Brutus. In Early Modern English, the forms Brett and Britt were used. The spellings Bret and Brit were used in Scots.