Barrett

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Around the time of the Norman Conquest, it became a very known surname in Britain and its variant is Barnett. Barrett or Barratt is a surname which is connected with many different places, organizations and people. It is very popular in Southwest Ireland and Southwest England. It is also very popular in Mayo and Galway but especially in Norfolk. Baroid is its Gaelic version in the south and in west it is Baireid.

After the Norman invasion, The Barretts of Ireland were hired as mercenaries from Wales. Like many other Anglo-Norman families, they got easily mixed into Irish culture. It is an English surname, derived from an Old English word which means “quarrelsome” or “deceitful”. It's stated that numbers hold the key to our inner most personality.

Detailed meaning

Origin: Teutonic
Quick Meaning: Bear-Like
Number of letters: 7, Those 7 letters total to 30
Gender: Boy
Teutonic: Male Bear
German: Male Derived from the Old German name Beroald meaning bear power. Brave as a bear
English: Male Bear power