Burnett Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Burnett Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Burnett

The origin of the name Burnett was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Variants of the name Burnett include Burnell, Burnard, Burnet, Bernard and Bernardin. This name is derived from the old French word 'brun' meaning 'brown'. This name is of Anglo-Norman descent spreading to Ireland, Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout these countries. Examples of such are a Custance Burnard, Cambridge, and a William Bernard, who were recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England, in the year 1273. An Andrew Burnet was registered in the University of Oxford in the year 1546. In Scotland about the year 1200 a Roger Burnard made two grants to the Monks of Melrose from his lands of Faringdun, one of them being witnessed by his four sons, Gaufrid, Ralph, Walter and Richard. In Ireland the names Burnett, Burnell and Brunell have existed in Counties Meath and Dublin since the thirteenth century and in County Clare since the sixteenth century. Burnett is also found in County Monaghan since the seventeenth century.