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USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: BAHR-nee
VARIANTS: Bernie, Berny
FEMININE FORM: Bernadine
OTHER LANGUAGES: Berinhard, Bernard, Bernhard (Ancient Germanic), Beñat (Basque), Barnabas (Biblical), Barnabas (Biblical Greek), Barnabas (Biblical Latin), Bernat (Catalan), Bernard, Dino (Croatian), Bernard (Czech), Bernhard, Bernt (Danish), Bernhard, Ben (Dutch), Barnabé, Bernard (French), Barnabas, Bernhard, Benno, Bernd (German), Barnabás, Bernát, Barna (Hungarian), Bernardo, Bernardino, Dino (Italian), Bernhard, Bernt (Norwegian), Bernard (Polish), Bernardo, Bernardino (Portuguese), Varnava (Russian), Bernard (Slovene), Bernardo, Bernardino (Spanish), Bernhard, Bernt (Swedish)
POPULARITY: #429 in England and Wales

Personal experiences with the name Barney

I loooooovvvvvveeee the show Barney sadley it is not around anymore so to remind me of this big purple dinosaur i named my Inchworm bud Mert Gurkin

Nicknames for Barney

Barns, Barner, bigs, Bernie, and Pricisilla

Meanings and history of the name Barney

Short form of Barnabas, Bernard, Barnett and Barnaby.
In Australian slang, a barney is a noisy argument.

Diminutive of BARNABAS, BERNARD or BARNABY

Famous real-life people named Barney

Barney Frank, Massachusetts representative to U.S. Congress.
Barney F. Hajiro, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
Barney Ross, American world champion boxer and WWII hero.
Barnet "Barney" Rosset, American publisher

Barney in song, story & screen

Barney Google
Barney Rubble, Fred Flintstone's friend
Barney the Dinosaur
Barney Snaith, main character in Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1926 novel "The Blue Castle."
Barney Stinson, How I Met Your Mother character
Barney Miller, 1970s American TV sitcom.
Barney Fife, character protrayed by Don Knotts on "The Andy Griffith Show."
Barneys New York, a department store chain.
Barney Gumble, character in the "The Simpsons".
Barney Collier, electronics and forgery expert in "Mission: Impossible"
Barney Ross, the main character throughout The Expendables trilogy movies, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone