Surname · also French

Barthes

Barthes is a surname from French, ultimately from Occitan. It is used in English and French.

Original FrenchBarthès

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Barthes comes from French, and ultimately from Occitan.

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How it developed

From French Barthes.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Barthes’s family of names

In French usage, Barthes as a surname has a related form in Barthès. In French usage, Barthes as a surname has a related form in Barthès. In Greek usage, Barthes as a surname is a transliteration of Μπαρτ.

Walk Barthes’s family in the name graph

BarthesΜπαρτBarthèsバルト

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Barthes has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Occitan roots to each of them.

JapaneseOccitan

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

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.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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

Occitan

Barthou

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French

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French

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French

Banet

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French

Baumé

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French

Boutte

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French

Bachand

Bachand is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.

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French

Basson

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Sibling ideas

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