Barba

Family name origins & meanings

• Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, and southern French : nickname for a man noted for his beard, from barba ‘beard’ (Latin barba).
• Italian : from a byname from a southern dialect word meaning ‘uncle’ (from Latin barba ‘beard’ via Lombardic barba, barbane), as characterizing a man of wisdom and authority.
• Greek : see Barbas.
• Slovenian : unexplained. This name comes from the Brkini region in southwestern Slovenia.