English Explanatory Dictionary

Baar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Baar Baars

Etymology

* As a German surname, variant of Bahr, or from the placenames Baar, Swabia or Baar, Rhineland-Palatinate. * As a Dutch surname (Van Baar), from the placename Baar, a village near Angerlo or the hamlet near Wehl, both in Gelderland province. * Also as a Dutch surname (De Baar), from the rare adjective baar (“bare”), from Middle Dutch bāer, from Old Dutch *bar. * As a Czech surname, short form of Bartoloměj. Compare Bartholomew.

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