Barnaby

English variation of Barnabas, Aramaic

"son of consolation"

Barnaby Origin and Meaning

The name Barnaby is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of consolation".

Barnaby, a genial and energetic name with an Irish-sounding three-syllable lilt, is an ancient appellation that manages to be both unusual and highly attractive and deserves to be used more than it is. A sweet-spot name that's a real winner.

Barnaby is a version of Barnabas, the name of an Apostle companion of St. Paul on his missionary journeys. Barnaby has NEVER ranked on the US Top 1000, though it is on the charts in the UK and is well-liked by Nameberry visitors.

The name of the good-natured hero of Dickens's novel Barnaby Rudge, it became more familiar to the modern American public through the TV series Barnaby Jones. Barnaby has been a character in Hello, Dolly!, a doctor played by Cary Grant in the movie Monkey Business, a comic strip character, and has starred in a number of children's books.

Barnaby Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 385 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Barnaby

• 385 Nameberry 2025
• 241 England 2023

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Famous People Named Barnaby

• Barnaby Edwards English actor
• Barnaby Thomas Gerald Joyce Australian minister for agriculture
• Barnaby Michael Douglas Jack New Zealand computer hacker
• Barnaby Carpenter American actor
• Barnaby Ross pen name of Ellery Queen authors Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee
• Barnaby Thompson British TV producer
• Barnaby Bernard Lintot English publisher
• Jonathan Barnaby Moody son of actor Ron Moody
• Barnaby Borstein Douglas (b. 2008) son of Jackson Douglas and Alex Borstein
• Barnaby Southcombe English actor, son of English actress Charlotte Rampling
• Barnaby George "Barns" Courtney American,English singer and songwriter

The name Barnaby in Pop Culture

• "Barnaby Jones " TV series and title detective
• "Barnaby Rudge" (1841) Charles Dickens novel and main character
• Tom Barnaby main character on British TV's "Midsomer Murders"
• Barnaby Kember character from "Swimming Pool Sunday" by Madeleine Wickham
• Barnaby Slush novelist in Richard Aldington's "Death of a Hero" (1929)
• Barnaby Stinger elf from TV series "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom"
• Barnaby Bowser dog character on Disney TV series "Dumbo's Circus"
• Barnaby Baxter character in comic strip "Barnaby" by Crockett Johnson
• Barnaby Grimes series of children's books by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
• "Barnaby in Exile " short story by Mike Resnick
• "Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys to the North of England " poems by Richard Braithwaite
• Widow Barnaby trilogy of novels by Frances Trollope
• Barnaby frog in "Toad Patrol"
• Barnaby Brooks Jr. main character of Japanese animation, "Tiger & Bunny"
• Barnaby Lee a character in Hogwarts Mystery

International Variations of the name Barnaby

• Barnabé French
• Barnaib Irish
• Barnaba Italian
• Bernaba Italian
• Barnebas Spanish
• Barnabe Spanish
• Barna Hungarian