Sarratt Family History
Sarratt Name Meaning
Altered form of French Sarot a variant of Saraud: from the ancient Germanic personal name Sarwald composed of the elements sar ‘cuirass armor’ and wald ‘power authority’. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t. Compare Sarrett Surratt and Surrett . English: habitational name from Sarratt (Hertfordshire) perhaps from an otherwise unattested Middle English saret seret siret ‘dry place’. English: from a pet form (with the diminutive suffix -et -ot) of the Middle English female personal name Sarre (see Sara ). In the 18th and 19th centuries the name may sometimes have been altered to Syrett . English: possibly from the rare Middle English personal name Saret Seret (Old English Sǣrǣd from sǣ ‘sea’ + rǣd ‘counsel’). Its survival as a hereditary surname however is unknown. English: variant of Syrett . English: possibly a variant of Sherrard .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022