Barritt: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Spelled Barritt, the surname still points back to Barrett. Its meaning, shared with Barrett, is “Norman, perhaps from Old French barat ("trouble, deceit")”.

A variant of Barrett

Spelled with “i” instead of “e”, Barritt shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The same family of names includes Barrette, Barret and Barette.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Barritt surname had 637 bearers.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Barrett and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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