Baur Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

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

What Baur means

The spelling Baur grew out of Bauer, a German surname with a long paper trail. Read literally, Baur points to “Farmer”.

Baur and Bauer

Baur drops the “e” of Bauer, a shortening that clerks often made. You may also find the name written Boer and Farmer.

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