First name Barney - Meaning, Origin and Rating
Origin
English
Nameday
Meaning
in the Middle Ages, spread by the veneration of St. Bernard of Clairvaux (11-12 century), another possible derivation.. Greek form of an Aramaic first name, its meaning is not clear safely. Perhaps "Son of the Prophet" or "son of consolation"; Barnabas in the Bible is the nickname of a companion of the Apostle Paul's