Barbrey

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Barbrey

  1. A surname.

Manx

Etymology

From Latin Barbara (name of a legendary saint), feminine form of barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “strange, foreign”). Cognate with Irish Bairbre and Scottish Gaelic Barabal.

Proper noun

Barbrey f

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Barbara

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
BarbreyVarbreyMarbrey
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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