Burrett Family History
Burrett Name Meaning
from the Middle English personal name Burret (Old English Burgrǣd formed from burg ‘fortress protection’ + rǣd ‘advice wisdom’). possibly a nickname for someone with thick and dishevelled hair from Old French b(o)ure ‘coarse woollen cloth’ + Middle English heved ‘head’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016