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♂ Barnard
What does Barnard mean?
Barnard 
as a boys' name means "strong, brave bear". Barnard is a version of Bernard (Old French, Old German).
STARTS WITH Bar-
Variations
VARIANTS Burnard, Bernhard, Bearnard, Barnhard
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA BERNARD Barnardo, Barney▼, Barnhardo, Barnie, Barny, Bernardo, Bernarr, Bernd, Bernhardo
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Barnard Yariel (B.Y.), ..
How popular is Barnard?
Barnard is an uncommon given name for males but a very popular surname for all people (#1681 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Barnard entered the list in 1890-1899 and reached its top position of #1922 in the U.S. during 1960-1969, but is not ranked at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent varying forms of Barnard appearing in the Top 2000 are Bernard (#1151 VIA LATEST LIST), Bernardo (#1294), Barney, Barnie and Bernhard. Other forms, like Bernhardo, are uncommon. Usage of these relations of Barnard reached its highest 108 years ago (MEDIAN #1075) and is now significantly less (#1740, DOWN 96%).
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Baird, Bajardo (see Bayard), Ballard, Banner, Barack, Barbar, Barber, Bard, Barker, Barna, Barnaba, Barnabe, Barnabee, Barnaby, Barnes, Barnet, Barnham (see Barnum), Barni, Barnum, Barr, Barra, Barrt, Barry▼, Baumar, Bayard, Bayerd, Bernabe, Bernal, Bernald, Bogaard, Bonnar, Bradd, Brainard, Brainerd, Braynard, Burchard, Burford, Burgard, Burgaud (see Burchard), Burnaby, Dainard, Daynard (see Dainard), Derward, Durward▼, Eadward, Eginard (see Eginhard), Erhard, Evrard, Gardnard (see Gardner), Garnar, Garrard, Gaspard, Girard, Halward, Harford, Harfurd (see Harford), Harvard, Haward, Jarard, Jarrard, Jerard, Kennard, Lenard▼, Leonard▼, Mainard, Maynard▼, Maynhard, Norward, Packard, Raynard, Raynord, Rennard, Reynard, Vernard and Warford. These names tend to be more frequently used than Barnard.
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