# Barnard (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/barnard/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɑɹnɑɹd/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Barn |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 895 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 895 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

English, Dutch, and French surname, variant of Bernard. This sense is also found in Slavic borrowings (Polish, Slovenian, Czech). Also Americanized from German Bernhard, Bernhardt, of the same meaning.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 12 | 2,867 |
| 1975 | 8 | 3,978 |
| 1976 | 11 | 3,283 |
| 1978 | 8 | 4,186 |
| 1979 | 7 | 4,889 |
| 1980 | 8 | 4,534 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,545 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,590 |
| 1986 | 6 | 5,998 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,051 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,008 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,232 |
| 1993 | 6 | 7,722 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,039 |
| 1998 | 6 | 8,583 |

## People named Barnard

- Alfred Barnard Basset, British mathematician
- Bernard of Vienne, Bishop of Vienne

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.