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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BARRAS

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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: Saxon. Local) From Baerwas, Saxon, groves, a place among trees; a town in England.

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

1. English: of uncertain origin; perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by the outworks of a fortress, Old French barrace, or a variant of Barrs.
2. French (Midi): from an augmentative of Barre.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)