Figaro - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity

May 2024 ยท 1 minute read

The name Figaro is a boy's name meaning "barber".

A literary name coined by the French playwright Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais for the central character in his plays The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro and The Guilty Mother. It is thought that he based the name on his own nickname. In modern French, the word has come to mean "barber", due to the famous character's profession.

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