Given name & surname · also Middle English
Barstow
“berry”
Barstow is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Barstow goes back to Old English beġer, meaning “berry.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Barstow comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English Bayrestowe, from Old English beġer (“berry”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Barstow’s family of names
In English usage, Barstow as a surname has a related form in BASTOW.
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.
Similar names
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“enclosure; settlement, town”
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“beam, tree”
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“hill; tumulus”
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“woodland clearing, glade”
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Barcroft
“barley”
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