# Barbour

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,374

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. Ellipsis of Barbour County.

## Etymology
From Old French barbour; name was given to a barber.

## Easily confused with
- **barber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-barbour)
- **Balfour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/balfour-vs-barbour)

## Common misspellings (10)
`abrbour`, `babrour`, `barbbour`, `barboru`, `barbourr`, `barbuor`, `barobur`, `barrbour`, `bbarbour`, `brabour`

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