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baer Name Meaning and History

  1. German (Bär): from Middle High German ber ‘bear’, a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way, a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept a performing bear, or a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a bear. In some cases, it may derive from a personal name containing this element.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic):
  3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish male personal name Ber, from Yiddish ber ‘bear’.
  4. Dutch: from Middle Dutch baer ‘naked’, ‘bare’. Debrabandere suggests it may have been a nickname for someone who wore ragged clothes.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of baer Families in the US in 1920
Number of baer families
 261-519
 88-260		 1-87
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Mrs. Maria Baer; New York City circa 1880's rosecolorsunset 0
Maria Peter (Mary Baer) ikdean 1
James R. Baer dlbear 5
Edward L. Baer, 62, KENNELLYMARKA 3
Ellen Baer Joan Scott 1
Elizabeth Baer/Abraham Sechler cacattell 1
Samuel Baer and Louise Schneeberger jantrevor 0
Christina Baer abt 1675 78steelhead 1
John Baer around 1870's Joe Thorpe 4
Codron from France/ ILL mabel 4
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