Barber

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• English : occupational name for a barber, Anglo-Norman French barber, Old French barbier, from Late Latin barbarius, a derivative of barba ‘beard’. In the Middle Ages barbers not only cut hair and shaved beards, but also practised surgery and pulled teeth.
• Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name from German Barbier ‘barber’.
• Catalan : occupational name for a barber, barber (see 1).
• Americanized form of any of numerous cognates of 1 in different languages, for example Spanish Barbero, Portuguese Barbeiro, French Barbier, Italian Barbieri.