Barnett

Where Barnett comes from

The dictionaries list Barnett as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1899
    Peak, #714
    9 babies named Barnett — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1905
    Barnett Newman born
    American painter (1905—1970)
  5. 1926
    Barnett Rosenberg born
    American chemist
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Barnett Newman · American painter (1905—1970), 1905–1970
  • Barnett Rosenberg · American chemist, 1926–2009
  • Barnett Parker · British actor, 1886–1941
  • Barnett Janner · British politician, 1892–1982
  • Barnett Freedman · artist, illustrator, 1901–1958

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.