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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Southern Italian: probably a topographic name from Sicilian bharra ‘bar’, ‘barrier’ or a habitational name from a place named with this word.
  2. Galician: habitational name from places named Barra, in the provinces of Lugo and Ourense.
  3. Southern French: dialect variant of Barre.
  4. Hungarian: from the personal name Barna, short form of Barnabás, Hungarian equivalent of Barnaby.