Frequency: (102)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: possibly a variant of Barreur, an agent derivative of barrer ‘to bar’, ‘to close or block off’, hence possibly an occupational name for a jailer or doorkeeper.
GIVEN NAMES: French 20%. Fresnel, Gabrielle, Jean-Louis, Jean-Marie, Jeanty, Michel, Michelene, Pierre.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
