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Barnum

What does Barnum mean?

Barnum Pronunciation of Barnum as a boys' name is of Old English origin. Possibly derived from "Baron's home". In America, inseparable from Phineas T. Barnum, founder of Barnum & Bailey's circus and one of America's great showmen.

STARTS WITH Bar-

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, baron (noble), home, great

Variations

VARIANT Barnham

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Barnum Efren (B.E.), ..

How popular is Barnum?

Barnum is an unusual given name for males but a very prominent last name for all people (#5477 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Barnum has not been listed in the Top 2000 thus far. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Barnum name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Barnum outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Bain, Baldur, Ban, Bane, Bank, Banner, Bar, Barack, Barak, Baram, Barbar, Barbour, Bard, Barden, Bardou, Barend, Baret, Bari, Baris, Barker, Barlow, Barna, Barnabe, Barnabus, Barnaby, Barnard, Barnes, Barnet, Barnett, Barney, Barni, Barnie, Barny, Barr, Barrat, Barree, Barren, Barret, Barrie, Barron, Barrt, Bartel, Barth, Bartho, Barton, Bartt (see Bart), Baruch, Baruj (see Baruch), Bascom, Bayne, Berne, Bernet, Bernis, Bertrum, Birnie, Birny (see Birney), Bjarne, Born, Borne, Bram, Bramm, Burnel (see Burnell), Burney, Burnis, Burns, Byram, Byrne, Byrnes, Byrom, Byrum, Callum, Calum, Farnam, Farnum and Nachum. These names tend to be more frequently used than Barnum.


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