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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : possibly a habitational name from places named Varni (in Gorreto, Genoa province) or Varna (in Bolzano province or Florence).
  • Italian : possibly a variant of Barni, derived in part from the personal name (a short form of Barnabei; see Barnaby); otherwise a habitational name from Barni in Como province.

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