Origin and popularity of the name BARBE

Origin

Barbe : 1: French: descriptive nickname for someone with a beard Old French barbe (from Latin barba).2: French (Barbé): adjectival derivative of 1 meaning ‘bearded’.3: French (Barbé): variant of Barbier ‘barber’.4: French: from a female personal name French form of Barbara.5: German: from Middle High German barbe the name of a species of fish resembling the carp; hence by metonymy an occupational name for a fisherman or fish dealer or possibly a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way.

Barbay : French: variant of Barbé (see Barbe).

Barbee : 1: English: variant of Barby.2: English (of French Huguenot origin): Anglicized form of French Barbé (see Barbe).3: Americanized form of French Barbier and possibly also of Barbé (compare 2 above).

Barbet : in England and France from the Middle English and Old French female personal names Barbet(te) and Barbot(e) diminutives of Barbe from Barbara. See also Barbot.in France perhaps sometimes alternatively from a diminutive of Old French barbe ‘beard’ but evidence is lacking.

Barbot : French:: 2: from the Old French female personal name Barbot a diminutive of Barbe a short form of Barbara.1: nickname for someone who tended to speak indistinctly from French barboter ‘to babble’ or for someone with a beard from a diminutive of Old French barbe ‘beard’.

Bearb : Altered form of English Beard under the influence in LA of French barbe ‘beard’.

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