Barron

Etymology

As a Scottish surname, it comes from Scots baron, sometimes appearing as McBarron; see Baron. As an Irish and Manx surname, it comes from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), a personal name from bior (“spear”); see Barnes, Barrington. As a Spanish surname, it is an augmentative of Barro. As a French and Spanish surname, it is a variant of Baron.