baar
/bˈɑɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Etymology
* As a German surname, variant of Bahr, or from the placenames Baar, Swabia or Baar, Rhineland-Palatinate. * As a Dutch surname (Van Baar), from the placename Baar, a village near Angerlo or the hamlet near Wehl, both in Gelderland province. * Also as a Dutch surname (De Baar), from the rare adjective baar (“bare”), from Middle Dutch bāer, from Old Dutch *bar. * As a Czech surname, short form of Bartoloměj. Compare Bartholomew.