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barnett Name Meaning and History

  1. 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. from a medieval personal name, a variant of Bernard.

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Distribution of barnett Families in the US in 1920
Number of barnett families
 389-775
 130-388		 1-129
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