As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

PARRET. A river in co. Somerset is so called ; but the name may be a corruption of the Fr. Pierrot, a diminutive of Peter.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


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