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Updated February 1, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • French : occupational name for a barber-surgeon (see Barber), Old French barbier (from Late Latin barbarius, a derivative of barba ‘beard’).
  • A Barbier from the Nivernais region of France is documented in Montreal in 1650 with the secondary surname Le Minime.

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