First name origin & meaning: Old English: Noble man.(German) Mighty as a bear First name variations: Barret, Barrett, Barr, Barnet, Barnete, Barnette, Baronette Last name origins & meanings:
- English: habitational name from various places, for example
Chipping (High) Barnet, East Barnet, and Friern Barnet in Greater
London, named with Old English bærnet ‘place cleared by
burning’ (a derivative of bærnan ‘to burn’, ‘to set light
to’).
- English: from a medieval personal name, a variant of
Bernard.
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Black History/Civil Rights Leaders
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