Given name & surname
Burnet
“having brown hair”
Burnet is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “having brown hair.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “having brown hair.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Burnet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 23 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1938
- 7 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 1939. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1938. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 598 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.
Burnet’s family of names
Burnet has a related form in Burnett. Burnet has a related form in Burnett. Burnet has a related form in Bernette.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Burnet
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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