English Explanatory Dictionary

Barkus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Barkus Barkuses

Etymology

Various origins: * A reduced form of Barkhouse, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a tannery. * Borrowed from Lithuanian Barkus, a variant of Bartkus. * Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Barkus, a surname with an unexplained origin.

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