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 (literally “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/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nz Homophone: barns === Proper noun === Barnes (countable and uncountable, plural Barneses) A surname. An English toponymic surname transferred from the common noun for someone who owned, lived in, or worked in a barn. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone from the place of the same name in Surrey. 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. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Abners, Berans, Bernas, NBAers, Nabers, barens, branes, brasen