Burnette

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Submitted Name

Type Surname (from nickname)

Usage French

Other Forms FormsBurnett

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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’.