Barbey
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Frequency: (115)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Respelling of French Barbé, a nickname from barbet ‘bearded’, an adjectival derivative of barbe ‘beard’ (see Barbe).
GIVEN NAMES: French 12%. Adrien, Henri, Jacques, Marcel.
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