Barnabas Forename
Approximately 87,048 people bear this name
Barnabas Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘son of exhortation or consolation’, the name of the disciple and companion of St Paul, whose career is recounted in the Acts of the Apostles. It is found in use as a christian name in England from about 1200. The English form of the name, Barnabe or Barnaby, survived in use until the early 19th C (e.
Read More About This ForenameBarnabas Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 27,342 | 1:6,494 | 973 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 10,954 | 1:4,819 | 785 |
| Kenya | 100% | 6,548 | 1:7,072 | 1,004 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 5,273 | 1:48,922 | 6,239 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4,776 | 1:5,650 | 685 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4,598 | 1:8,908 | 927 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 4,034 | 1:3,823 | 626 |
| Zambia | - | 3,436 | 1:4,614 | 659 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,373 | 1:6,407 | 900 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 2,543 | 1:38,364 | 4,143 |
| India | 100% | 2,477 | 1:490,463 | 39,632 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,181 | 1:17,335 | 1,813 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 1,876 | 1:39,354 | 2,743 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 1,642 | 1:4,965 | 532 |
| South Africa | 99% | 1,189 | 1:45,864 | 4,862 |
| United States | 100% | 609 | 1:595,299 | 14,779 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 587 | 1:990 | 189 |
| Romania | 100% | 506 | 1:39,628 | 2,412 |
| Chad | 100% | 433 | 1:31,405 | 3,515 |
| Namibia | - | 410 | 1:5,864 | 831 |
| Mali | 100% | 331 | 1:51,292 | 2,831 |
| England | 100% | 292 | 1:190,421 | 5,715 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 275 | 1:110,727 | 7,567 |
| Hungary | 100% | 205 | 1:47,765 | 542 |
| Liberia | 100% | 109 | 1:40,478 | 2,284 |
| Malawi | 100% | 106 | 1:161,437 | 7,641 |
| Philippines | 100% | 84 | 1:1,262,018 | 32,068 |
| Haiti | 100% | 77 | 1:139,311 | 7,021 |
| Canada | 100% | 70 | 1:473,334 | 12,733 |
| Germany | 100% | 57 | 1:1,696,103 | 10,601 |
| Austria | 100% | 48 | 1:177,379 | 2,825 |
| Benin | 100% | 37 | 1:285,834 | 11,817 |
| Singapore | 100% | 36 | 1:174,640 | 8,262 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 31 | 1:171,292 | 1,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 27 | 1:680,721 | 21,030 |
| Botswana | 100% | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Pakistan | 91% | 25 | 1:7,774,307 | 62,662 |
| Guyana | 100% | 24 | 1:31,803 | 3,406 |
| Sweden | 100% | 23 | 1:428,605 | 11,536 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 21 | 1:8,467 | 1,232 |
| Australia | - | 19 | 1:718,822 | 9,906 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 17 | 1:483,147 | 7,811 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Ireland | 100% | 14 | 1:331,680 | 4,801 |
| South Korea | - | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Thailand | 100% | 14 | 1:5,004,701 | 92,981 |
| Brazil | - | 11 | 1:19,476,014 | 191,600 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Jamaica | - | 11 | 1:262,112 | 7,926 |
| Scotland | 100% | 11 | 1:486,397 | 6,140 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 10 | 1:1,690,208 | 23,366 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 10 | 1:136,142 | 8,486 |
| Wales | 100% | 10 | 1:309,431 | 4,737 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 9 | 1:2,563,993 | 53,027 |
| Russia | 100% | 9 | 1:16,025,967 | 51,277 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Iceland | - | 7 | 1:52,288 | 2,981 |
| Jordan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Norway | - | 7 | 1:733,190 | 11,461 |
| Belize | 100% | 6 | 1:59,052 | 4,175 |
| France | 100% | 6 | 1:11,078,390 | 32,981 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6 | 1:1,191,999 | 40,353 |
| Belgium | 100% | 5 | 1:2,298,008 | 20,299 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Nepal | 100% | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Poland | - | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Taiwan | - | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Finland | 50% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Italy | 100% | 3 | 1:20,354,030 | 45,650 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Israel | 50% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Spain | - | 2 | 1:23,264,982 | 24,876 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Barnabás (7,252), Barnabaš (11), Barnabáš (1,397) & Barnábaš (1) are calculated separately.
Barnabas (41,454) may also be a surname.
Barnabas Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘son of exhortation or consolation’, the name of the disciple and companion of St Paul, whose career is recounted in the Acts of the Apostles. It is found in use as a christian name in England from about 1200. The English form of the name, Barnabe or Barnaby, survived in use until the early 19th C (e.g. Dickens’s Barnaby Rudge), but seems now to be obsolete.
Barnabas Curia Regis Rolls 1201. Barnabe Early S. English Legendary, 14th C (E.E.T.S. 87).
From the Greek name βαρνάβας, from H בר נבאח, Bar Nebah, which some translate ‘son of exhortation’ or ‘son of consolation.’ It rather means ‘son of prophecy,’ from bar-nebuah. The nickname is Barnaby.
Hebrew (masculine) - Son of exhortation, or prophecy.
Bar'-na-bas, the son of consolation. A disciple of Jesus Christ, and companion of St. Paul in his labours. He was a Levite, born in the island of Cyprus, whose proper name was Joses: the apostles added to it Barnabas. Acts iv. 36, 37.
Meaning: son of prophecy: son of consolation.
A Hebrew name, meaning: Consoling son. (Aramaic) Son of prophecy.
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Barnabas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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| Barnabas in the Russian language | ||
| Барнабас | barnabas | - |
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