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This page represents the following Surnames: Barnett or Barnet.
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Barnett Name Meaning
‘Person from Barnet’, the name of various places in England (‘places cleared by burning’), from the medieval personal name Barnet, a different form of Bernard.
Barnett Name Meaning and History
Habitational name from various places, for example Chipping (High) Barnet, East Barnet, and Friern Barnet in Greater London, named with Old English bærnet ‘place cleared by burning’ (a derivative of bærnan ‘to burn’, ‘to set light to’).
From a medieval personal name, a variant of Bernard.
Bernard Name Meaning and History
English, French, Dutch, Polish, Czech, and Slovenian: from a Germanic personal name (see Bernhard). The popularity of the personal name was greatly increased by virtue of its having been borne by St. Bernard of Clairvaux (c.1090–1153), founder and abbot of the Cistercian monastery at Clairvaux.
Americanized form of German Bernhard or any of the other cognates in European languages; for forms see Hanks and Hodges 1988.
Bernhard Name Meaning and History
Dutch, German, and Scandinavian: from the Germanic personal name Bernhard, composed of the elements ber(n) ‘bear’ + hard ‘brave’, ‘hardy’, ‘strong’. In the 13th and 14th centuries it vied with Arnold as the most popular personal name in the Netherlands and northern Germany. It was borne by St. Bernard of Menthon (923–1008), founder of Alpine hospices and patron saint of mountaineers, whose cult accounts for the frequency of the name in Alpine regions. See also Bernard.
Family Motto: ‘Finis Coronat Opus’ (The End Crowns The Work)
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Surname References from:
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Encyclopedia of Surnames, John Ayto, A & C Black Publishers Ltd, ISBN 978 0 7136 8144 4
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