Boy name origins & meanings
- Latin : Beard
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.