| [ 3 syll. bar-na-bas, ba-rnab-as ] The boy name Barnabas is pronounced BAARNahBahS KEY. Barnabas' language of origin is Aramaic. It is predominantly used in the English and German languages. The name Barnabas means 'son of consolation, son of exhortation, son of the prophet'. Biblical name derived from bar meaning 'son' ; naba meaning 'to speak prophetically'. An original form of Barnabas is the Aramaic Barnebhuah. Barnabas is a Greek form of an Aramaic name, which has its meaning recorded in the Bible as 'son of consolation'. In the Bible, Barnabas was the surname given to one of Paul's faithful companions. The first name was adopted by English speakers from the 12th century; the pet form Barnaby was also first used in the Middle Ages, and it was later made known as the name of the innocent messenger and titular character in the Dickens novel Barnaby Rudge (1841). The form Barney is in recent times best known as the name of the purple dancing and singing dinosaur which was created in 1987, and later made famous in the popular children's television show Barney & Friends (1992-) produced in America. Forms of the name include the Hungarian Barna, the Polish Barnaba, the Czech Barnabá, the Hungarian Barnabás, the French Barnabé, the Spanish Barnabus, the English Barnebas, the English Barnebus, and the Spanish Bernabé. Other variants of Barnabas include the pet forms Barnaby (English), Barney (English), Barnie (English), and Barny (English). Barnabas is not regularly used as a baby boy name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. Baby names that sound like Barnabas include the Hungarian Barnabás, the Spanish Barnabus, the English Barnebus, and the English Barnebas. KEY: Pronunciation for Barnabas: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"
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