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Submitted Name
Type Surname (from nickname)
Other Forms FormsBurnett
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Contributor Contrib.Nicholas on 10/23/2016
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’.
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