Barstow Family Crest & Name History

Records tie Barstow closely to Bairstow.

What is the meaning of Barstow?

It is a place-based name: “from a place near Halifax, Yorkshire”. In the 2010 US Census, 1,938 Americans gave Barstow as their last name (rank 15,201).

Is Barstow the same name as Bairstow?

Records show Barstow as one of the forms Bairstow took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Bairstowe.

Is there a Barstow coat of arms?

Arms linked to Bairstow and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Bristow. Want more than a summary? See the Barstow family name pack.