Barbeau Family History
Barbeau Name Meaning
French:: from barbeau ‘barbel’ a type of fish hence a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or a nickname for a man with a sparse beard the fish being distinguished by beardlike growths on either side of its mouth. nickname from a derivative of Old French Occitan barbel ‘point’ ‘tooth’. Compare Barber 6 and Barbo
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022