# Baar

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #76,553

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/baar