Frequency: (1686)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German and Dutch: variant of the personal name Bähr (see Baer).
GIVEN NAMES: German 5%. Arno (4), Claus (3), Hans (3), Erwin (2), Horst (2), Armin, Bernd, Ernst, Fritz, Gerda, Gerhard, Heinz.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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