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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BABER

Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

(origin: Gaelic.) Babair or Basbair, a fencer or swordsman; one who, by his blows, produced death; from Bas, death, and fear, a man.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

1. English (Gloucester, Somerset, and Wiltshire): unexplained.
2. German: habitational name from either of two places called Baben, in Silesia and Brandenburg.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)