English: variant of Fretter, an occupational name for a
maker of ornaments (especially for the hair) consisting of jewels set
in a lattice network, from an agent derivative of Middle English
frette, Old French frete ‘interlaced work’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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