French: topographic name for someone who lived by a gateway or
barrier, from Old French barre ‘bar’, ‘obstruction’ (of obscure
origin, possibly akin to the Celtic element barr ‘height’), or
a habitational name from Barre-en-Ouche in Eure or Barre-de-Semilly in
Manche, both named with this word.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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