Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
BARR
There are approximately 18,840 people named Barr in the UK. That makes it the 541th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 298 are named Barr.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
Scotland
Language of origin
Gaelic
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
Celtic
Related and similar surnames
BarreBahr
Baehr
Bahre
Baehre
Bahri
Baer
Baar
Bahrr
Baerre
Baahr
Baere
Baare
Baerri
Baaree
Baerr
Baerry
Baerrie
Baerz
Baarz
Baero
Baerrey
Baeru
Bahro
Bahra
Baeri
Baaro
Baara
The Barr surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: Celtic. Local) The top or summit of any thing; any thing round. Bar, Gaelic, an old word for a bard or learned man. Bar, local, a bank of sand or earth, a shoal; the shore of the sea. It may be derived from Barre, a town in France, or from Barr, a parish and village in Ayrshire, Scotland.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
BARR. 1 . A parish and a hamlet in co. Stafford; also a parish in Ayrshire. 2. The gateway of a fortified town. 3. A preDomesd. name Bar, meaning probably either A-Sax. bar, bear, or bar, boar — a sobriquet. De la Bare. H.E.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.