Barney (given name)
Barney (debate. Engl / bɑr.nɛɪ / or / bɑr.ni /, Germanized: / baɐ.ni / ) is an English diminutive of the male given name Bernhard ( Bernard, Barnard ), Barnabas and Barnaby.
Bearers of the name
First name
- Robert Barney Baker (1930-1995), American union and contract killers
- Barney Barnato (1852-1897), South African diamond magnate
- Barney Bigard (1906-1980), American jazz clarinetist
- Barney Clark ( * 1993), British actor
- Barney Dreyfuss (1865-1932), American entrepreneur and baseball pioneer
- Barney Ewell (1918-1996), American track and field athlete
- Barney Frank ( born 1940 ), American politician of the Democratic Party
- Barney Kessel (1923-2004), American jazz guitarist
- Barney Martin (1923-2005), American actor
- Barney McAll (born 1965 ), Australian jazz musician
- Barney McGill (1890-1942), American Cinematographer
- Barney McKenna (1939-2012), Irish musician
- Barney Poole (1923-2005), U.S. American football player
- Barney Ross (1909-1967), American boxer
- Barney Wilen (1937-1996), French composer and saxophonist
Art figures
- Barney, a plush dinosaur in the American children's television, see Barney ( Children's Television )
- Barney Rubble, a character from the series The Flintstones
- Barney Google, the title character of the comic of the same name
- Barney Gumble, a character from the series The Simpsons
- Barney Stinson, a character on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother
- Male first name