"Brett" has shades of the 60's, California, rebelliousness (my parents lived
there when I was born and "Brett" was an uncommon name). It is actually
Celtic...meaning "The Brit" or "British". There was a TV show with a Bret
and Bart (I think) Maverick which also may have lent some character to my
parent's choice in names (and I have a twin, now deceased, named Brad).
"Lane" was chosen most likely by "sound"; that is, it sounded good with
Brett--in a "musical" way (who can be sure how names are chosen). My
parents also said that the number of letters in my full name was the same as
the number of letters in my twin's name (and though "Brad" has only 4
letters and "Brett" 5...the middle name of "Lane", having 4 letters,
balances my brother's name of "Lance" which has 5--such that our names each
have 18 letters). I note that our initials are both BLR, and that all the
boys in my family have first names which begin with "Br...". With a last
name of 9 letters, my dad wanted our first names to be short and easy to write.
"Robertson" is most likely from the Scottish clan of Robertsons. I have
Scotch-Irish roots with some American Indian in my recent family geneology.
"Brett Lane Robertson" is small-town, middle-class, anglo-american, college
educated, post-baby-boomer/early genXer...kind of an 80's glam rocker with
90's speed-metal aspirations and a 70's sense of style (late punk, southern
rock, new-wave synth, anti-disco, pre-crossover, "alternative" to WHAT?).
Brett
Brett Lane Robertson
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