Meaning and Origin of: Barney

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : Son of prophecy
  • German : Bold as a bear

Boy name variations

Barnabas
Barnaby
Barnie
Barn
Bama
Barnabie
Barnabe
Barnabus
Barnebas
Barnes
Bernard
Barnard
Barny
Bernd
Berndt
Bern
Berne
Bernardo
Bernhard
Bernhardt
Bernie
Bjorn
Barend
Barnum
Barnardine
Berend

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from Barney in Norfolk, which is probably named with an Old English personal name Bera (with genitive -n) + Old English ēg ‘island’, ‘dry ground in a marsh’.
  • English : from the personal name Barney, a pet form of Bernard.
  • English : A William Barney from England came to Baltimore county, MD, in about 1695. Joshua Barney, born in that county in 1759, was an outstanding naval officer during the War of 1812.