Desbarres meaning | Last name Desbarres origin

The family name Desbarres is a variant form of the Barrett. Baret, a personal name of Teutonic origin, is found here in Saxon times. In various forms it has always been very common in France and England.

Surname Desbarres is a modification of Barr. One who came from Barr meaning height, in Ayrshire and Renfrewshire; dweller at the top of the hill.

Surname Desbarres is a modification of Bahr. Dweller at the sign of the bear; one thought to possess bearlike qualities. The bear was the king of beasts in the north of Europe.

Derivation of Baer. Dweller at the sign of the bear; one thought to possess bearlike qualities. The bear was the king of beasts in the north of Europe.

Desbarres is the modification of the Behr. One who lived at the sign of the bear; one with some characteristics of the bear; descendant of Bero, a pet form of names beginning with Bar meaning "bear," as Beroward, Beriwick and Berulf.

The modification of the Bare. A township, county of Lancaster.

Desbarres is an adaptation of the Barr. 1. A parish and a hamlet in county of Stafford; also a parish in Ayrshire. 2. The gateway of a fortified town. 3. A pre Domesday name Bar, meaning probably either Anglo-Saxon bar, bear, or bár, boar-a sobriquet. De la Bare. Hundred Rolls.