Last name origins & meanings:
- Greek: from a term of address, barbas, indicating either
respect for an older man or friendly familiarity, from Italian
barba ‘uncle’, ‘man with a beard’ (see Barba). It may
also be a reduced form of surnames beginning with Barba, for
example Barbagiannis ‘Uncle John’.
- Portuguese and
Spanish: from the plural of barba ‘bearded’ (Latin barba
‘beard’), a nickname for a bearded man.
- Hungarian
(Barbás): see Barabas.
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