Barnabe Forename
Approximately 30,952 people bear this name
Barnabe 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 ForenameBarnabe Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 12,011 | 1:6,147 | 738 |
| Benin | 100% | 6,919 | 1:1,529 | 355 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,134 | 1:6,896 | 948 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 2,774 | 1:35,169 | 3,981 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,178 | 1:98,364 | 5,515 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,175 | 1:5,228 | 928 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1,037 | 1:17,724 | 1,680 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 227 | 1:101,656 | 6,218 |
| United States | 100% | 91 | 1:3,983,923 | 53,341 |
| Senegal | 100% | 70 | 1:208,305 | 4,151 |
| France | 95% | 55 | 1:1,208,552 | 8,739 |
| Mauritius | - | 30 | 1:43,259 | 2,838 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| India | 85% | 26 | 1:46,726,076 | 818,939 |
| Canada | - | 24 | 1:1,380,557 | 23,993 |
| Italy | 100% | 17 | 1:3,591,888 | 20,165 |
| England | 100% | 13 | 1:4,277,148 | 41,317 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 13 | 1:13,658,797 | 139,235 |
| Niger | - | 13 | 1:1,475,692 | 20,181 |
| Philippines | 100% | 13 | 1:8,154,575 | 122,416 |
| Belgium | 100% | 11 | 1:1,044,549 | 12,446 |
| Haiti | - | 9 | 1:1,191,884 | 16,425 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Burundi | - | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Angola | 100% | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Thailand | 100% | 8 | 1:8,758,227 | 128,595 |
| Peru | 100% | 6 | 1:5,298,576 | 37,737 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5 | 1:10,906,530 | 170,325 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Switzerland | - | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Germany | 100% | 1 | 1:96,677,876 | 95,912 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
The alternate forms: Barnabé (2,352) & Barnabè (6) are calculated separately.
Barnabe (11,403) may also be a surname.
Barnabe 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).
Barnabe Forename Popularity
Barnabe Demographics
Average Barnabe Salary in
United States
$39,927 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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