Barnes

See also: barnes

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, from the place on the bank of the Thames, derived from the root of the noun barn.
• Also as an English surname, variant of Barne, from both a Middle English personal name from Old Norse Bjǫrn and Old English Beorn, and from the noun barn (“child”). Semantically compare Child.
• As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Bearáin (“descendant of Bearán”), a byname from bior (“spear”).
• As a French surname, variant of Bernes, from a short form of a Germanic name derived from Frankish *berō (“bear”), similar to Bernhard.
• As a Jewish surname, variant of Parnes, from Yiddish פּרנס (prns), from Hebrew פַּרְנָס (“leader of a Jewish community, provider”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɑː(ɹ)nz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɑɹnz/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nz
• Homophone: barns

Proper noun

Barnes (countable and uncountable, plural Barneses)

1. A surname
   1. An English toponymic surname transferred from the common noun for someone who owned, lived in, or worked in a barn.
   2. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone from the place of the same name in Surrey.
2. A placename
   1. A suburb of London, in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, originally a town in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2276).
   2. An inner suburb and ward in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (approx OS grid ref NZ3856).
   3. A minor city in Washington County, Kansas, United States.
   4. A small town in the far south of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia.

Derived terms

• Barnes County
• Barnesville

 

Anagrams

• Abners, Berans, Bernas, NBAers, Nabers, barens, branes, brasen