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 [ 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 means 'son of consolation, son of exhortation, son of the prophet'. Biblical name derived from bar meaning 'son' ; naba meaning 'to speak prophetically'. An older form of Barnabas is Barnebhuah (Aramaic). 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. Barnabas has 17 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. Barn is a form of the name that is used in English. Other English forms include the pet forms Barnaby, Barney, Barnie, and Barny, and the variant spellings Barnebas (also used in Spanish) and Barnebus. Foreign forms of Barnabas include the Hawaiian and Slavic Bane, the Hungarian Barna, the Polish Barnaba, the Czech Barnabá, the Hungarian Barnabás, the French Barnabe, the French Barnabé, the Spanish Barnabus, the Spanish Bernabe, and the Spanish Bernabé. 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 and Spanish 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)"   |
