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barbe Name Meaning and History

  1. French: nickname for someone with a beard, Old French barbe (Latin barba).
  2. French: from the female personal name, French form of Barbara.
  3. German: from Middle High German barbe, the name of a species of fish resembling the carp; hence by metonymy an occupational name for a fisherman or fish dealer, or possibly a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of barbe Families in the US in 1920
Number of barbe families
 12-22
 5-11
 1-4
 0
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