Släkthistoria för Barnacle
Barnacle Vad efternamn betyder
English:: perhaps from Middle English bernacle barnakyll a diminutive of bernak from Old French bernac ‘powerful bit or twitch’ used to restrain a restive horse or ass which was also used as an instrument of torture. The term may have been applied as a nickname for a tamer of restive horses for a man with an unruly temperament or for a torturer. perhaps a nickname for someone thought to resemble a barnacle goose (Middle English bernacle) in some way.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
