Bare Family History
Bare Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English bar ‘bare’ (Old English bær) which in medieval times in addition to the sense ‘naked uncovered’ also meant ‘unarmed defenseless unconcealed destitute’. English: habitational name from one of the locations or places under Barr . Altered form of German Bär (see Baer ). Croatian: from a short form of the personal name Bartolomej (see Bartholomew ) or of its variants Bartol or Bartul.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022