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[ 2 syll. bar-ret(t), ba-rre-tt ] The boy name Barrett is pronounced as BAERIHT KEY. 1: Barrett is primarily used in English and its language of origin is Middle English. From the word 'baret' with the meaning dispute, argument. The first name is derived from the surname, which is of obscure origin. It could be from Middle English or Old French. The English name Barrey is a variant form of the name. 2: Barrett's origin is Old French. Derived from the word 'barette' which is of the meaning cap, bonnet. In addition, Barrett is an English variant form of the English, French, and Italian name Bernard. Barrett is rather popular as a baby boy name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1950s. At the modest height of its usage in 2008, 0.019% of baby boys were named Barrett. It was #609 in rank then. Within all boy names in its family, Barrett was the most popular in 2008. Barrett was used 91% more than the next ranked name, the English, French, and Italian Bernard, in that year. Baby names that sound like Barrett include the English Barret, 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. 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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