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Barron

Barron proper noun: a surname from Anglo-Norman.

Proper noun

Barron

  1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A city, the county seat of Barron County, Wisconsin, United States.
  4. A town in Barron County, Wisconsin, surrounding the city of the same name.
  5. A rural locality in Cairns Region, northern Queensland, Australia.

Origin of Barron

* As a Scottish surname, from Scots baron, sometimes found as McBarron; see Baron. * As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), a personal name from bior (“spear”). See Barnes, Barrington. * As a Spanish surname, augmentative of Barro. * As a French and Spanish surname, variant of Baron.

Words formed from Barron

Questions about Barron

What does Barron mean?
Barron means a surname from Anglo-Norman.
What part of speech is Barron?
Barron is a proper noun.

Words near Barron in the dictionary

  1. Barrmill
  2. Barro
  3. barro negro
  4. barroisite
  5. barroisitic
  6. Barron
  7. Barron County
  8. Barronese
  9. barroom
  10. barroom brawl
  11. barroom brawls

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