The story
- Old English · derived frombere“barley”
- English todayBarcroft
Habitational surname from one or more minor places in England, from Old English bere (“barley”) + croft (“enclosed field”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbere all →
bartonbarlowberwickPembertonBarwickbereBarfordBerwick-upon-Tweed
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.