Names

Probably derived from a Middle English word meaning “strife”, originally given to a quarrelsome person.

French cognate of Barr.

Indicated a person who lived near a barrier, from Old French barre.

From the title barone “baron”, derived via Latin from Germanic baro “man, warrior, servant”.

Derived from Old English bærnet meaning “place cleared by burning”.

Variant of Barnett.

Denoted a person who worked or lived in a barn. The word barn is derived from Old English bere “barley” and ærn “dwelling”.

Means “brown” in Hungarian.

Derived from a number of English place names that variously mean “barley hill”, “barn hill”, “boar clearing” or “barley clearing”.

From Middle English bark meaning “to tan”. This was an occupational name for a leather tanner.