Barnaby Forename
113,656th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 3,823 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda
Barnaby Forename Definition:
Like the obsolete Barnabas, it derives from the Hebrew and means ‘son of consolation’; it is now rather old-fashioned. Barnabas was an apostle, but Barnabo Visconti, a medieval Milanese noble, had an unpleasant reputation.
Barnaby Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 2,231 | 1:24,923 | 1,464 |
| United States | 100% | 625 | 1:580,059 | 14,521 |
| New Zealand | - | 169 | 1:26,840 | 1,861 |
| Canada | 100% | 89 | 1:372,285 | 10,924 |
| Colombia | 100% | 58 | 1:823,775 | 10,256 |
| Australia | - | 58 | 1:235,476 | 5,406 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 58 | 1:3,061,454 | 52,972 |
| Philippines | 98% | 55 | 1:1,927,445 | 43,348 |
| Scotland | 100% | 47 | 1:113,838 | 2,572 |
| Thailand | 100% | 42 | 1:1,668,234 | 50,084 |
| South Africa | 100% | 41 | 1:1,330,065 | 45,932 |
| Wales | 100% | 35 | 1:88,409 | 2,318 |
| Peru | 92% | 33 | 1:963,377 | 13,103 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 28 | 1:170,284 | 4,241 |
| France | - | 28 | 1:2,373,941 | 12,997 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 20 | 1:845,104 | 15,840 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Brazil | 100% | 13 | 1:16,479,704 | 171,823 |
| Ireland | 100% | 13 | 1:357,194 | 5,120 |
| Mexico | 100% | 12 | 1:10,345,369 | 31,278 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Panama | - | 8 | 1:488,320 | 13,543 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 8 | 1:3,806,242 | 94,684 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| Switzerland | - | 6 | 1:1,368,916 | 14,223 |
| Germany | 100% | 6 | 1:16,112,979 | 44,905 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 5 | 1:1,430,399 | 43,518 |
| Sweden | 100% | 5 | 1:1,971,581 | 30,505 |
| Singapore | - | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| China | - | 4 | 1:341,513,946 | 78,144 |
| Jamaica | - | 4 | 1:720,807 | 13,486 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Spain | - | 4 | 1:11,632,491 | 19,317 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Italy | 89% | 3 | 1:20,354,030 | 45,650 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Denmark | - | 3 | 1:1,883,166 | 17,701 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Russia | 100% | 2 | 1:72,116,852 | 125,484 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Austria | - | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Indonesia | - | 2 | 1:128,981,834 | 1,206,875 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Marshall Islands | - | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
Barnaby (6,005) may also be a surname.
Barnaby Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Like the obsolete Barnabas, it derives from the Hebrew and means ‘son of consolation’; it is now rather old-fashioned. Barnabas was an apostle, but Barnabo Visconti, a medieval Milanese noble, had an unpleasant reputation.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: Form of Barnabas.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Barnaby Forename Popularity
Barnaby Demographics
Average Male Barnaby Height
177.38 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 61 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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