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Barrett

in Massachusetts

There are 2,939 people with the last name "Barrett" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Barrett 147
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  1. is 143rd most common Rodrigues
  2. is 144th most common Ellis
  3. is 145th most common Morales
  4. is 146th most common Grant
  5. is 147th most common Barrett
  6. is 148th most common Riley
  7. is 149th most common Morin
  8. is 150th most common Dunn
  9. is 151st most common Pacheco

Similar Names and Nicknames

Barr, Barry, Barron, Barrera, Barrow, Barrios, Barrientos, Barragan, Barrows, Barraza

Most Common First Names for Barrett

John, James, Robert, William, Michael, Thomas, David, Richard, Edward, Joseph

Meaning & History

English: of much discussed but uncertain origin.

  • 1. It may be from a medieval personal name, but if so the form is unclear.
  • 2. Alternatively, it may be a nickname for a quarrelsome or deceitful person, from Middle English bar(r)et(t)e, bar(r)at ‘trouble’, ‘strife’, ‘deception’, ‘cheating’ (Old French barat ‘commerce’, ‘dealings’, a derivative of barater ‘to haggle’).
    • It is possible that the original sense of barat survived unrecorded into Middle English as a word for a market trader; the Italian cognate Baratta has this sense. It could also be a nickname or metonymic occupational name from Old French barette ‘cap’, ‘bonnet’.

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