Given name & surname · also Old French

Barrell

“barrel”

Barrell is a surname from Old French (ultimately Old English).

Meaning & origin

What it means

Barrell goes back to Old French baril, meaning “barrel.”

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Where it comes from

Barrell comes from Old French, and ultimately from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old French baril (“barrel”), from Old English bār (“boar”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Barrell, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Barwell

“boar”

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Old English

Bakewell

“spring, stream”

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Germanic

Bickel

“pickaxe” · “wooded area”

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Old English · Nature

Birdwell

“chick, chickhen; bird”

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Old English

Bignell

“hill”

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Old English

Bucknell

“he-goat” · “hill”

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Old English

Bramel

“broom”

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Old English

Balkwill

“ridge”

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Sibling ideas

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