Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Spanish Pronounced Pron. [na.β̞a.ˈre.t̪e] [key·simplify] Meaning & History From the town of Navarrete in La Rioja, Spain, meaning "the mountain pass of the Navarrans" or "dun mountain pass". It became particularly popular in the province of Jaen through the Castillian conquest of Baeza.