Barney is a ♂ male name.
Origin of Barney
Barny is a diminutive of the names Bernhard, Bernard, Barnard, Barnaby and Barnabas.
Meaning of Barney
Barny means “brave like a bear” (from Bernhard) and “son of encouragement”, “son of the prophet” (from Barnabas).
Pronunciation of Barney
Barney in the categories
Names Boy names Names with B Boy names with BName Statistic: Barney is ranked #7530 overall ↓↓ -527
- 🇬🇧 Great Britain: 2202 ↓↓ -174
- 🇳🇴 Norway: 4097 ↓↓ -632
- 🇦🇺 Australia: 4869 ↓↓ -466
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 5263 ↑↑ 1175
- 🇩🇰 Denmark: 6596 ↓↓ -808
- 🇮🇪 Ireland: 7060 ↓↓ -2022
- 🇦🇹 Austria: 8167 ↑↑ 161
- 🇨🇦 Canada: 8639 ↑↑ 1337
- 🇵🇹 Portugal: 9424 ↓↓ -554
- 🇧🇪 Belgium: 9801 ↓↓ -150
- 🇩🇪 Germany: 9885 ↓↓ -210
- 🇸🇪 Sweden: 9916 ↑ 77
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 9962 ↓↓ -609
- 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein: 10882 ↑↑ 253
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 11180 ↓↓ -1059
- 🇪🇸 Spain: 11215 ↑↑ 120
- 🇫🇮 Finland: 11652 ↓↓ -159
- 🇺🇸 United States: 11806 ↓↓ -1156
- 🇫🇷 France: 12011 ↓ -54
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