The barriere Surname

barriere Name Meaning and History

French (Barrière): occupational name for a gatekeeper, from Old French barier, an agent derivative of barre ‘bar’ (see Barre). In the U.S. Barrière is also documented in the translated form Gates. Compare English Porter.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The barriere name in History

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Distribution of barriere Families in the US in 1920

Number of barriere families

4-6

2-3

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Thread	Author	Replies
Edward Barriere-Gates	daduchene	2
Barriere, Hilary Francis	VictorianFlowers7	0
Rene Barriere{Langevine) and Genevieve Giroux	nickryan73	0
Rene Barriere dit Langevin and Agathe Laporte dit Saint-Georges	Paulette	2
Barrirre who changed name to Gates	daduchene	2

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