Barco Family History
Barco Name Meaning
Spanish and Galician: habitational name from any of various places called (El or O) Barco in particular Barco de Ávila (Ávila Castile) and O Barco (Ourense Galicia). Spanish and Portuguese: from barco ‘boat’ a metonymic occupational name for either a boatman or a boatbuilder. Italian (mainly Piedmont Lombardy and Veneto): from barco which meant ‘boat’ (possibly derived from Spanish; see 2 above) and also ‘garden park farmyard cowshed’ hence a metonymic occupational name for either a boatman or a boatbuilder or for a park keeper or farmer.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022