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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Spanish: from a medieval personal name, Baro(ne), from the status name baró ‘free man’, ‘baron’.
  2. Catalan (Baró): from Germanic bero ‘bear’ or the status name baró ‘free man’, ‘baron’ (see Baron 1).
  3. Hungarian (Báró): status name from báró ‘baron’. In the form Baró, it could be from a pet form of the personal names Barabás (see Barabas) or Bertalan.