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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BARTER

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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.

English: nickname from Old French barateor, barateur ‘rogue’, ‘cheat’, ‘fraud’; alternatively, in some instances it may be from Old Norse barátta ‘beating’, ‘fight’, ‘battle’, hence by extension a troublemaker or quarrelsome man.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)