as a Last Name
- 14,118
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Barney
Meaning & Origins
English: 1. 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’. 2. from the personal name Barney, a pet form of Bernard.
| 2,233rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 14,118
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Barney per capita
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