Släkthistoria för Barrass
Barrass Vad efternamn betyder
variant of Barrows. Redmonds Dictionary of Yorks Surnames records William Barowes 1547 John Barras 1638 in Knaresborough Wills (Knaresborough WR Yorks). perhaps for a large or tall person from Old French barrace ‘large bar bulky obstacle’.possibly from the same word as in (i) in the technical sense ‘the outwork of a fortress’. re-spelling of Barros.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
