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Barr

in Iowa

There are 480 people with the last name "Barr" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Barr 545
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  1. is 541st most common Bergman
  2. is 542nd most common Wiley
  3. is 543rd most common Brady
  4. is 544th most common Krause
  5. is 545th most common Barr
  6. is 546th most common Bowen
  7. is 547th most common Hodges
  8. is 548th most common Wall
  9. is 549th most common Hobbs

Similar Names and Nicknames

Barrett, Berry, Barry, Barron, Barrera, Barrow, Barrios, Barrientos, Burr, Barragan

Most Common First Names for Barr

James, David, Robert, Chad, Mary, Carl, Michael, Roger, Thomas, Larry

Meaning & History

Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from any of various places in southwestern Scotland, in particular Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, named with Gaelic barr ‘height’, ‘hill’ or a British cognate of this.

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a gateway or barrier, from Middle English, Old French barre ‘bar’, ‘obstruction’.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France called Barre. See Barre.

English: habitational name from any of various places in England called Barr, for example Great Barr in the West Midlands, named with the Celtic element barro ‘height’, ‘hill’.

English: from the vocabulary word barr ‘bar’, ‘pole’, either a metonymic occupational name for a maker of bars, or perhaps a nickname for a tall, thin man.

Irish: from Ó Bairr, Donegal form of Ó Báire (see Barry 2).

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James Barr, IA (8 searches)
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