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Barr

in Massachusetts

There are 622 people with the last name "Barr" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

NameRank
Barr 1,191
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  1. is 1,187th most common Knowles
  2. is 1,188th most common Marrero
  3. is 1,189th most common Mosher
  4. is 1,190th most common Velazquez
  5. is 1,191st most common Barr
  6. is 1,192nd most common Rivas
  7. is 1,193rd most common Bryan
  8. is 1,194th most common Dickinson
  9. is 1,195th most common Starr

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Barr

James, David, Mary, John, Robert, Michael, Richard, Thomas, Andrew, Jeffrey

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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