Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage French Other Forms FormsBurnett Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 10/23/2016 by Nicholas Edited 12/8/2016 by LMS Meaning & History Descriptive nickname from Old French burnete ‘brown’ (see Burnett). Possibly also a reduced form of Buronet, from a diminutive of Old French buron ‘hut’, ‘shack’.