Barnes
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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/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nz
- Homophone: barns
Proper noun
Barnes (countable and uncountable, plural Barneses)
- A surname
- A placename
- A suburb of London, in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, originally a town in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2276).
- An inner suburb and ward in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (approx OS grid ref NZ3856).
- A minor city in Washington County, Kansas, United States.
- A small town in the far south of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia.