Barnett is a boy's name of English origin meaning “the clearing of woodland by burning.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Barnett belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “the clearing of woodland by burning” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Barnett first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #723 in 1899, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 1,279 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Barnett means “the clearing of woodland by burning” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Barnett is a boy name.
Barnett comes from the English & American tradition.
Barnett first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #723 in 1899, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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