The barrow Surname
barrow Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from any of the numerous places named with Old English bearo, bearu ‘grove’ (dative bear(o)we, bearuwe), for example in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Suffolk, and Somerset, or a topographic name with the same meaning.
- topographic name for someone who lived by an ancient burial mound, Middle English berwe, barwe, or a habitational name from a place named with this word (Old English beorg, dative beorge), of which there is one near Leicester and another in Somerset.
- habitational name from Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, which is named with an unattested Celtic word, barr, here meaning ‘promontory’, + Old Norse ey ‘island’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Cullen Barrow, Son of John Barrow | William Barrow | 3 |
| Joseph Louis Barrow (Joe Louis) | Jon Butterfield | 12 |
| BARROW Billy Ray 1927-1978 |
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| Clyde Barrow | Sandy Seibert | 47 |
| BARROW family | John Barrow | 15 |
| James W. Barrow in FL, AL and TX |
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| Grover E. Barrow Obituary 1911-1975 |
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