Barnaby name popularity, meaning and origin

Name Popularity: 95%

Barnaby name meaning:

Origin: English

A variant of the Hebrew Barnabas meaning son of consolation, son of exhortation, or son of comfort. Famous bearer: Barnaby Rudge, a character in 19th century Charles Dickens' novel Barnaby Rudge.

Statistics

Overall UK ranking: 229 out of 4789

222 recorded births last year

Change in rank

10yrs

-1
5yrs
1yr

-16

Regional popularity

Ranking for this name in various UK regions

Scotland (720)

Historical popularity of Barnaby

The graph below shows the popularity of the boys's name Barnaby from all the UK baby name statistics available. It's a quick easy way to see the trend for Barnaby in 2023