Barabas
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Frequency: (201)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Hungarian (Barabás), Polish (Barabasz or Barabaś), Czech and Slovak (Barabáš), and Spanish (Bar(r)abás): from the New Testament personal name Barabas (Greek Barabbas) ‘son of Aba’. This was the name borne by the thief whose life was demanded by the crowd in Jerusalem in preference to that of Jesus (Matthew 27:15-21). In central Europe it was sometimes adopted as a personal name by a repentant sinner.
GIVEN NAMES: Hungarian 13%. Attila (2), Zoltan (2), Akos, Bela, Gabor, Istvan, Miklos, Sandor.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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