Barrera

Barrera is a Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Catalan surname, meaning "barrier".

Noble surnames, such as Barrera, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Barrera, which is a local Spanish surname, once, lived, held land, or was born in Spain. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The surname Barrera originally derived from the Spanish word Barrera, which referred to a barrier and denoted that the family originally lived beside a gate of fence.