The Barit Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Records tie Barit closely to Barret. Name scholars give the meaning as “Norman, perhaps from Old French barat ("trouble, deceit")”. Barit is listed among the recognised spellings of Barret. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

French birth records list 192 children named Barit between 1891 and 2000.

Arms linked to Barret and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Barit surname pack.