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Barnaby - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Barnaby
 
 

 


The boy name Barnaby [ 3 syll. bar-na-by, ba-rn-aby ] is pronounced BAARNahBiy KEY. Barnaby is of Aramaic origin and it is used largely in the English language. A variant of Barnaby is the English short form Barney. Barnaby is a variant form of the English and German Barnabas.

Barnaby is unusual as a baby boy name. It is not ranked within the top 1000.

KEY: Pronunciation for Barnaby: 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)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


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