Barre History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Barre

What does the name Barre mean?

The Barre surname is thought to evolve from the Old French words "barrer," or "barre" which have had a number of meanings. The reasons for surname to have evolved from the word are uncertain.

Early Origins of the Barre family

The surname Barre was first found in Picardy (French: Picardie) in northern France, where they have long been established; although families of this name have no doubt emerged in many departments of France. 1

Early History of the Barre family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Barre research. Another 123 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1537, 1545, 1550, 1555, 1585, 1621, 1622, 1647, 1667, 1675, 1682, 1685, 1686, 1688, 1744, 1745, 1766, 1793 and 1855 are included under the topic Early Barre History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Barre Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Barre, Barré, LaBarre, de La Barre and others.

Early Notables of the Barre family

Notable amongst the family name at this period was

Antonio Barre who was of French extraction, but the place and date of his birth are unknown. We find him as a composer of established repute at Rome in 1550. In 1555 he started in that capital a print...
Leonard Barre was a native of Limoges, and pupil of Willaert, a singer in the Papal Chapel in 1537, and thus contemporary with Arcadelt. He was one of the musicians sent by the Pope to the Council of...
Blessed Nicolas Barré (1621-1686), was a French Minim Priest and founder of the Infant Jesus Sisters; Michel de la Barre (c. 1675-1745), a French composer and renowned flautist known as being the firs...

Barre Ranking

In the United States, the name Barre is the 9,744^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2 However, in France, the name Barre is ranked the 148^th most popular surname with an estimated 21,027 people with that name. 3

Barre migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Barre Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

James Barre who arrived in New York in 1680
James Barre, aged 26, who arrived in New York in 1680 4

Barre Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Henry Barre, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1718 4
Jacob Barre, Sr. and Jacob Barre, Jr., both of whom arrived in Pennsylvania in 1718
Jacob Barre Jr., who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1718 4
John George Barre, who landed in South Carolina in 1735 4

Barre Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

J. P. Barre, age 28, who arrived in Charleston, South Carolina in 1821
L. P. Barre, age 27, who settled in New York City in 1821
S Barre, who arrived in Arkansas in 1892 4

Barre Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Peter Barre, who landed in Arkansas in 1901 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Barre (post 1700) +

William de la Barre (1849-1936), Austrian-born, American civil engineer who developed a new process for milling wheat into flour using energy-saving steel rollers at the Washburn-Crosby Mills (now known as General Mills)
Raoul Weston La Barre (1911-1996), American anthropologist, best known for his work in ethnobotany
Raoul Barré (1874-1932), Canadian-born, American cartoonist and animator of the silent film era
Pierre-Yves Barré (1749-1832), French vaudevillist and song-writer
Jean Benoît Vincent Barré (1732-1824), French architect, one of the creators of the 'Louis XVI style' of architecture
Jean Auguste Barre (1811-1896), French sculptor and medalist
Jean-Jacques Barre (1793-1855), French general engraver at the Monnaie de Paris between 1842 and 1855
François-Jean Lefebvre de la Barre (1745-1766), French nobleman who was tortured, beheaded and his body was burnt on a pyre with Voltaire's "Philosophical Dictionary" nailed to his torso
Raymond Octave Joseph Barre (1924-2007), French politician, Prime Minister of France (1976-1981)
André de La Barre, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 5
... (Another 9 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Sources +

Dionne, N.-E., Les Canadiens-Francais Origine Des Familles. Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 1969. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 25) André Barre. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html