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[ 3 syll. bar-na-by, ba-rn-aby ] The boy name Barnaby is pronounced BAARNahBiy †. Barnaby has its origins in the Aramaic language. It is used largely in the English and Polish languages. The name first developed as a medieval English form of Barnabas. It has been used by Charles Dickens as the name of the good-hearted but developmentally-disabled titular lead in his novel Barnaby Rudge (1841). It has also appeared in the American TV series Barnaby Jones (1973-1980) as the name of an aging detective. Barnaby is a pet form of the English and German Barnabas in the English language. Barnaby is also a variant form of the English Bartholomew in the Polish language. A variant form of Barnaby is the English Burnaby. Other forms of Barnaby include the pet form Barney (English), and the variant spellings Barnabee (English), Barnabey (English), and Barnabie (English). Barnaby is unusual as a baby boy name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. Baby names that sound like Barnaby include the English Barnabee, the English Barnabey, the Polish Barnaba, the Czech Barnabá, the English Barnabie, the name Bernaba, the name Bernabi, the English Burnaby, the French Barnabe, the French Barnabé, the Spanish Bernabe, and the Spanish Bernabé.
† 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)"   |
