Brecht

Brecht is a Dutch short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element beraht, meaning bright or famous, such as Albrecht or Siegbrecht. It developed as an independent given name through the common medieval practice of extracting stressed syllables from longer compound names. The German playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht, though bearing a related rather than identical form, helped bring widespread international recognition to the name. Cognate forms include Bert, Bercht, and the fuller name Albrecht.