English and Irish (of Norman origin): probably a nickname for a quarrelsome person from Old French barat Middle English bar(r)at bar(r)et(te) ‘trouble distress’ later ‘deception fraud; contention strife’. [...]
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Annual report of the Town of Rollinsford, New Hampshire (Volume 1948)
What is the origin of the name Barrett?
English and Irish (of Norman origin): probably a nickname for a quarrelsome person from Old French barat Middle English bar(r)at bar(r)et(te) ‘trouble distress’ later ‘deception fraud; contention strife’. [...]