Baar
A surname.
Proper noun
- A surname.
Origin
- 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.