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Barrette History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables World Ranking

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Motto Citations

Barrette History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

The history of the Barrette family goes back to the Medieval landscape of northern France, to that coastal region known as Normandy. Barrette is a habitation name, derived from the place name Barrault, in Normandy. 1

Early Origins of the Barrette family

The surname Barrette was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where they held a family seat in the village of Charente in the arrondissement de Chatelle Rault. 2

"Formerly the Carmelites were called the Barred Brothers, because of their clothes. Du Cange says that barette is the noun of the verb bareter, to exchange, to trade. Moisy says that in Normandy the name of churn to the churn to make butter is given." 2

Early History of the Barrette family

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Barrette Spelling Variations

History has changed the spelling of most surnames. During the early development of the French language in the Middle Ages, a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there spelling variations of the name Barrette, some of which include Baratte, Barate, Barat, Barrat, Barat, Baraud, Barraud, Barrault, Barault, Bareau, Barreau, Barau, Barrau, Barou, Barrou, Barot, Barrot, Barott, Barrott, Barrotte, Barotte, Barratt, Barrat, Baratt, Barre, Barry, Barrett, Barrette, Barret, Barett, Barrit, Barritt, Barritte, Barre and many more.

Early Notables of the Barrette family

Notable amongst the family in this period was Claude Barrat (c. 1658-c.1711), a French notary and a clerk of the court in Placentia (Plaisance), Newfoundland; and Nicolas Barat (died 1706), a French Catholic scholar of Hebrew works. Apollon Marie-Rose Barret was...
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Barrette World Ranking

In the United States, the name Barrette is the 10,815^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3 However, in Canada, the name Barrette is ranked the 824^th most popular surname with an estimated 6,523 people with that name. 4 And in Quebec, Canada, the name Barrette is the 298^th popular surname. 5

Barrette migration to the United States +

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec, in 1663 there were only 500, 2,000 migrants arrived during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. Youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted migrants, both noble and commoner from France. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many distinguished contributions have been made by members of this family name Barrette. It has been prominent in the arts, religion, politics and culture in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Barrette were

Barrette Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Isaac De Barrette, who landed in Maryland in 1666 6

Barrette Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

A Barrette, aged 33, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1829 6
O. A. Barrette, aged 47, who landed in America, in 1896

Barrette Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Mrs. M. A. Barrette, aged 43, who immigrated to the United States, in 1903
Sarah Barrette, aged 25, who landed in America from Belmullet, Ireland, in 1910
Pierre Barrette, aged 19, who settled in America, in 1917
Jean Barrette, aged 40, who landed in America from Bordeaux, France, in 1917
Faustino Barrette, aged 34, who immigrated to the United States, in 1918
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Barrette migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Barrette Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Jean Barrette who settled in Quebec from Normandy in 1661
Guillaume Barrette, who settled in Quebec from Normandy in 1662

Barrette Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

Arthur Barrette, aged 33, who immigrated to Ottawa, Canada, in 1907
Louis Barrette, aged 47, who immigrated to Montreal, Canada, in 1915

Contemporary Notables of the name Barrette (post 1700) +

Emery G. Barrette (1930-1993), American United Methodist Church minister and politician
Mrs. A. P. Barrette, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1936 7
Michel Barrette (b. 1957), Quebec television and movie actor, television and radio host and stand-up comedian
Antonio J. Barrette (1899-1968), Quebec politician
Hugo Barrette (b. 1991), Canadian two-time gold medalist cyclist, specializing in track time trials from Cap-Aux-Meules, Quebec
Yvon Barrette, Canadian actor
Anthony Barrette (b. 1986), Canadian football offensive lineman
Joseph Arthur Barrette (1875-1952), Canadian politician
Gilbert Barrette (b. 1941), Canadian Liberal politician representing the riding of Témiscamingue (2003-)

The Barrette Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Pour bien desirer
Motto Translation: For wishing well.

Citations +

The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
Dionne, N.-E., Les Canadiens-Francais Origine Des Familles. Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 1969. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
"The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html