Given name & surname
Barre
“a lawyer”
Barre is a variant of Barr. One English interpretation is “a lawyer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Barre is a variant of Barr. One English interpretation is “a lawyer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Barre is a variant of Barr. An origin associated with Barr is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Barre through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 75
- 75 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1961. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1955. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 172 as a first name in 2020; 2,046 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Barre’s family of names
Barre has a related form in Barr. In Greek usage, Barre as a surname is a transliteration of Μπαρρέ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Barre
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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