Berber Family History
Berber Name Meaning
Catalan: probably a variant of Barber . This surname is most common in Mexico. Turkish: occupational name from berber ‘barber’. Serbian Croatian and Bosniak: occupational name for a barber or in a transferred use a nickname for a quack doctor from Serbian Croatian and Bosnian berber ‘barber’ a loanword from Turkish (see above). German: possibly a habitational name from a place called Berber near Kevelaer (Lower Rhine) or from the ancient Germanic personal name Baribert from Old High German bar ‘man’ + berht ‘shining famous’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022