Meaning & History
English: habitational name from any of various places called Barwick, for example in Norfolk, Somerset, and West Yorkshire, from Old English bere ‘barley’ + wic ‘outlying farm’, i.e. a granary lying some distance away from the main village.
North German: habitational name from a place called Berwick, near Soest, in Westphalia.
North German: habitational name from a place called Berwick, near Soest, in Westphalia.