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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:

  1. 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’).
  2. English: from a medieval personal name, a variant of Bernard.

This name appears in the following lists: Black History/Civil Rights Leaders