Barber
- 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 practiced 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. All are the occupational name for a
barber-surgeon
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford
University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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