Baron
See also: Appendix:Variations of "baron"
English
Etymology
- As a French, English, Jewish, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Czech, German, Spanish (Barón), Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, and Breton surname, all from the noun baron. Compare Barron, Lebaron.
- Also as a French surname, from several places in France Le Baron.
- As an Italian (Veneto) surname, variant of Barone.
- Also as a Czech surname (Baroň), from a pet form of Bartoloměj.
- As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Bearáin; see Barnes.
- General Slavic surname: Anglicization of Polish Baran (“Aries”), Ukrainian Баран (Baran), etc.
Proper noun
Baron
German
Etymology
Ca. 1600, from French baron, from Old French baron.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [baˈʁoːn]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -oːn
Declension
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