English: occupational name for a tanner of leather, from Middle
English bark(en) ‘to tan’, tree bark having been used as the
tanning agent.English: occupational name for a shepherd,
Anglo-Norman French bercher (Late Latin berbicarius,
from berbex ‘ram’, genitive berbicis). With the change
of -ar- to -er- in Middle English, this became
indistinguishable from the preceding name.Altered spelling
of German Barger or Berger.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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