The bark Surname
bark Name Meaning and History
- English: from Middle English bark ‘bark’ (Old Norse borkr), hence a metonymic occupation name for a tanner. See also Barker.
- North German: topographic name for someone who lived by a birch tree or in a birch wood, from berke ‘birch’, or alternatively for someone who lived on a mountain (see Barg).
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of Barak.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Peter Bark |
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| Obit Howard "Wayne" Bark |
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| Honor Bark, Portsmouth |
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| Edith M. Bark | Michael | 0 |
| Francis Bark, Sheffield, Killed in the Great War, 1918 |
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| Barks in Michigan | Judie Sickles | 0 |
| Bark family from Worcester or Warwickshire | C Kelly | 6 |
| Descendents of Lewis Barck and Mary Hanlon - pictures |
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| Bark - Stranraer - Scotland | Wendy Sutherland | 0 |
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