Given name & surname
Barnet
“of honorable birth”
Barnet is a variant of Barnett. One English interpretation is “of honorable birth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Barnet is a variant of Barnett. One English interpretation is “of honorable birth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Barnet is a variant of Barnett. An origin associated with Barnett is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Barnet is a short form of BERNHARD.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Barnet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 221
- 221 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1954. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 147 as a first name in 2020; 1,017 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Barnet’s family of names
In English usage, Barnet is a short form of BERNHARD. Barnet has a related form in Barnett. In Greek usage, Barnet as a surname is a transliteration of Μπάρνετ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Barnet
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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