status name from Middle
English barron (see Baron). A baron in Scotland was a
member of a class of minor landowners who had a certain degree of
jurisdiction over the local populace living in his barony.
of
Norman origin: from an Old French personal name Baro (oblique
case Baron) (see Baron).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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