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Is Barrett an Irish name?In: Name Origins |
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Barrett Possibly (Middle English) "dispute, argument", (Old French) "cap", or (Old German) "bear-strength." Transferred use of the surname, used as a given name mostly in the 19th century, probably due to the fame of English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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