Burnett

Where Burnett comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Burnett.

Burnett through the years
  1. 1874
    Burnett Hillman Streeter born
    British biblical scholar and textual critic
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1887
    Peak, #631
    9 babies named Burnett, its best rank.
  4. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1905
    Burnett Guffey born
    American cinematographer
  6. 1969
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Burnett Guffey · American cinematographer, 1905–1983
  • Burnett Hillman Streeter · British biblical scholar and textual critic, 1874–1937
  • Burnett Bolloten · British writer and scholar, 1909–1987
  • Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield · American politician, 1870–1940
  • Burnett Bullock · cricketer, 1896–1954

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.