Barret - Origin and Meaning of the name

The boy name Barret [ 2 syll. bar-ret, ba-rr-et ] is pronounced BAERIHT ^KEY. Barret is of Old French origin and it is used mainly in English. Derived from the word barette which has the meaning 'cap, bonnet'. It represents the transferred use of the surname as a given name. A form of Barret is the English spelling variant Barrett.

Barret is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Out of the family of boy names directly related to Barret, the English Barrett was the most popular in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Barret include the English Barrett, the Hungarian Bartó, the English Barty, the German Berti, the English Bertie, the Spanish Berto, the English and Irish Brady, the English and Irish Brodie, the English and Irish Brody, the Dutch and English Bart, the Dutch, English, and German Bert, the English Brad, the English Bret, and the English Brett.

^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)"

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

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