Ribar Family History
Ribar Name Meaning
Serbian Croatian and Slovenian; Slovak (Ribár): occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller from a derivative of riba ‘fish’ (compare 2 below). In Slovenian ribar is an obsolete cognate of ribič (see Ribic ). Americanized form of Czech Rybář and Slovak Rybár: occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller from a derivative of Czech and modern Slovak ryba ‘fish’ (old Slovak spelling is riba; see 1 above). Compare also Rebar .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022