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Barrett - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Barrett
 
 

 


The boy name Barrett [ 2 syll. bar-ret(t), ba-rre-tt ] is pronounced as BAERIHT KEY. Barrett is primarily used in English and its language of origin is Old French. Barrett is a spelling variant of the English name Barret.

Barrett is a rather popular baby boy name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1950s. At the modest height of its usage in 2007, 0.017% of baby boys were named Barrett. It was #656 in rank then. Within all boy names in its family, Barrett was the most regularly used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Barrett include the English Barret, 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 Barrett: 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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