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Barret - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Barret

[ 2 syll. bar-ret, ba-rr-et ] The boy name Barret is pronounced BAERIHT KEY.

1: Barret is of Middle English, Germanic origin.

2: Barret is primarily used in the English language and it is of Germanic origin. Meaning: mighty as a bear. The English name Barret is a variation of the name.

Barret is a spelling variant of the English Barrett.

Barret is also a form of the English Barret.

Barret is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Barret, the English Barrett was the most frequently used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Barret include the English Barrett, the Albanian Bardhi, the Scandinavian Bardo, the English Barrat, the English Barratt, the English Barrette, the Hungarian Barta, the Dutch and English Bartho, the Czech Barto, the Hungarian Bartó, the English Barty, the Russian and Slavic Berdy, the Czech, Hungarian, and German Berti, the English Bertie, the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Berto, the Czech and English Berty, the Indian Bharat, the Slavic Borut, the English Bradey, and the English Bradi.

A famous person named Barret is Radio Personality, Dr. Demento, born Barret Hansen, 2 April 1941, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

KEY: Pronunciation for Barret: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


 
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