Barbo

barbo barbó English Etymology Borrowed from en it -, en pt - and en es Barbo, all from it barbo barbel, perhaps a nickname. Proper noun s en. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Barbo is the 40016th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 548 individuals. Barbo is most common among White (74.64%) and Hispanic/Latino (16.42%) individuals. Further reading Anagrams en abbor Brabo robab bobar en surnames from Italian surnames from Portuguese surnames from Spanish Italian it:+ (disambigua) Etymology From it barbo barbel, perhaps a nickname. Pronunciation Proper noun mfbysense it a noble family from Venice Further reading barbo Norwegian Bokmål Pronunciation nb /ˈbar.buː/ nb uː 2 nb Bar bo Etymology 1 A dialectal variant of nb Barbro female given name, with loss of the second r in the consonant cluster. Ultimately from nb la Barbara, from nb grc Βαρβάρα, the feminine form of grc βάρβαρος foreign, non-Greek. Compare sv Barbro and en Barbara. Alternative forms nb Barbro Proper noun nb proper noun nb female Latin Barbro Barbara Usage notes The name was historically used especially in Oppland and Buskerud. Approximately 70 women born in Norway from 1900 through 2017 had nb Barbo as their sole or first given name. Etymology 2 Apparently a habitational surname from the farm name nb Berbu in Orkdal. The farm name is recorded with older spellings including Barbo, Barbou and Barboe. It is probably from Old Norse non *Berubú, containing the river name non *Bera and non bú dwelling, farm. 1392 as Berabu and Bærabu. Proper noun nb proper noun nb place names apparently from the farm name nb Berbu in Orkdal Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 56 people in Norway had nb Barbo as their surname as of 31 December 2025.“Liste over alle beskyttede etternavn”, Statistics Norway. References “Barbo – kvinnenamn” in Store norske leksikon. Kruken, Kristoffer and Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon. Rygh, Oluf (1901), Norske Gaardnavne, volume 14, page 135.