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O'barr Family History

O'barr Surname Meaning

Americanized form of Irish Ó Bairr, a variant of Ó Báire (see Barry), which in Ireland is often Anglicized as Barr.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


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