Barnaby is an
Old English
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surname composed of the
Saxon
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element ''beorn'' meaning young warrior, and the Danish suffix ''by'' meaning 'settlement'. As a given name, it means "son of consolation" and is etymologically linked with the
New Testament
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Barnabas
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People
Given name
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Barnaby Conrad (1922–2013), American writer and artist
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Barnaby Conrad III
Barnaby Conrad III (born 1952) is an American author, artist, and editor.
Early years
Conrad was born in San Francisco in 1952, the son of author Barnaby Conrad, Jr and architect Dale (Cowgill) Crichton. His father was an amateur bullfighter, an ...
(born 1952), American writer, editor, and artist
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Barns Courtney
Barnaby George "Barns" Courtney (born 17 November 1990) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician.
Early life
Courtney was born in England then moved with his family to Seattle, Washington when he was 4. He returned to the United Kingd ...
(born 1990), English singer
* Barnaby Diddleum, pseudonym used by
P.T. Barnum
Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, businessman, and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding with James Anthony Bailey the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He w ...
(1810–1891)
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Barnaby Dorfman, founder and CEO of Foodista.com
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Barnaby Edwards
Barnaby Edwards (born 20 August 1969) is a British actor, writer, director and artist. He is known as a performer for the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', in the role of a Dalek operator. He has also written, directed, p ...
, British actor, writer, director and artist
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Barnaby Evans, American artist
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Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory
Barnaby Fitzpatrick (born ) (c.1478–1575) was the last person to have claim to the kingship of Osraige; forfeiting his ancestral title in favour of being created the first Lord Baron Upper Ossory by King Henry VIII of England, by patent dated 1 ...
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Barnaby French (born 1975), Australian rules footballer
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Barnaby Furnas
Barnaby Furnas, (born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1973), is a British painter and former graffiti artist who lives and works in New York City. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and received a BFA in 1995 before going on to study a ...
(born 1973), American painter
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Barnaby Harwood (born 1979), English actor
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Barnaby Jack
Barnaby Michael Douglas Jack (22 November 1977 – 25 July 2013) was a New Zealand hacker, programmer and computer security expert. He was known for his presentation at the Black Hat computer security conference in 2010, during which he exploit ...
(1977–2013), New Zealand computer security professional
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Barnaby Joyce
Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce (born 17 April 1967) is an Australian politician who was the leader of the National Party of Australia from 2016 to 2018 and again from 2021 to 2022. Joyce was the 17th deputy prime minister of Australia during both ...
(born 1967), Australian politician
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Barnaby Keeney
Barnaby Conrad Keeney (October 17, 1914 – June 18, 1980) was president of Brown University from 1955 to 1966. He was known and loved by the student body for openness and his dry wit. As he once observed, "One of the joys of the life of an educa ...
(1914–1980), president of Brown University
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Barnaby Bernard Lintot
Barnaby Bernard Lintot ("Lintott" before 1724, usually referred to as "Bernard" and very rarely as "Bernaby") (1 December 16759 February 1736), was an English publisher who started business in London about 1698. Born at Southwater, Sussex, Lintot ...
, (1675–1736), English publisher
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Barnaby Metschurat
Barnaby Metschurat (born 22 September 1974, in Berlin) is a German actor. He completed his training at the school ''Die Etage'' in Berlin. One of his first television roles was in 1993 as Kaspar Riedel in the German TV series '' Unser Lehrer Dok ...
(born 1974), German actor
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Barnaby Miln
Barnaby Kemp Graham Miln (born 6 August 1947) is a British social activist and former magistrate. He was the first lay person to coming out, come out as gay in the General Synod of the Church of England and thereby the most publicly gay magistr ...
(born 1947), gay magistrate and social activist
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Barnaby Potter (1577–1642), Church of England priest
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Barnaby Raine
Barnaby Raine (born May 1995) is an English historian and activist. He is known for his left-wing and anti-imperialist political commentary. In recent years he has become known for speaking out in favor of the Palestinian people. Raine was raised ...
(born 1995), English historian
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Barnaby Ralph
Barnaby Ralph (born 14 October 1969 in London) is a professional virtuoso recorder player. He studied with a number of teachers, including Rosalind Kelly and John Martin in Australia and Hans Maria Kneihs in Vienna. In 2000, he was awarded the ...
(born 1969), professional virtuoso recorder player
* Barnaby Weir, singer, songwriter and guitarist
Surname
* Frank Barnaby, anti-nuclear weapons activist
* George Barnaby, Canadian politician
* Hannah Barnaby, author of ''Wonder Show''
* Matthew Barnaby (born 1973), retired National Hockey League right winger
* Nathaniel Barnaby (1829–1915), English engineer
* Thomas Barnaby (1841–1907), Micmac chief
Fictional characters
* Barnaby, a character created and portrayed by children's television personality Linn Sheldon (1919–2006), in ''Barnaby & Me'' (1956–1990, Cleveland, Ohio)
* Barnaby, vampire in the List of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter characters#Barnaby, ''Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter'' series of erotic fantasy-horror novels by Laurell K. Hamilton
* Barnaby, merman character played by Scott Michaelson in ''Sabrina, Down Under'' (1999)
* "Barnaby Bear", the English name given to ''Colargol'', the 1970s Franco-Polish children's character when the show was broadcast by the BBC
* "Barnaby Bear", the English name for ''Rasmus Klump'', a Danish comic strip
* a title character of ''Becky and Barnaby Bear'', a BBC CBeebies television series
* Barnaby Brooks Jr., one of the main protagonist in the Japanese anime ''Tiger & Bunny'' (2011)
* Dr. Barnaby Fulton, a main character in the film Monkey Business (1952 film), ''Monkey Business'' (1952), played by Cary Grant
* Barnaby Gaitlin, narrator of ''A Patchwork Planet'' (1998) by Anne Tyler
* the title character of ''Barnaby Grimes'', series of children's books by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
* the title character of ''Barnaby Jones'', television detective series (1973–1980), played by Buddy Ebsen
* Barnaby Littlemouse, character created by English children's writer and illustrator Racey Helps (1913–1970)
* Barnaby Pierce, in the television movie Coast to Coast (TV film), ''Coast to Coast'' (2003), played by Richard Dreyfuss
* Barnaby Ross, pseudonym used by creators of Ellery Queen
* the title character of Charles Dickens' novel ''Barnaby Rudge''
* Barnaby Tucker, character in Hello, Dolly! (film), ''Hello, Dolly!'' (1969)
* Barnaby Tucker, character in the play ''The Matchmaker'' by Thornton Wilder
* Barnaby West, character on ''Wagon Train'', played by Michael Burns
* the title character of ''Sir Barnaby Whig'', a Restoration comedy play by Sir Thomas d'Urfey
* Cousin Barnaby, in the Meadowsweet (novel), ''Meadowsweet'', by Baroness Emma Orczy (1865–1947)
* the protagonist of the ''Widow Barnaby'' trilogy of novels by Frances Trollope
* the title character of ''Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys to the North of England'', poems by Richard Braithwaite (1588–1673)
* the protagonist of the ''Alexandra Barnaby'' series of novels by Janet Evanovich (born 1943)
* Dr. Russell Barnaby, evil geneticist in ''Dead Rising'', a 2006 video game
* Silas Barnaby, in the 1934 film version of ''Babes in Toyland (1934 film), Babes in Toyland''
* Tom Barnaby, a detective in the novels and British television series ''Midsomer Murders''
* Uncle Barnaby, character in the 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland (operetta), ''Babes in Toyland''
* Barnaby, a strongman who appears occasionally on the ''Family Guy'' animated television series
*Barnaby (comics), ''Barnaby'' (comics), a comic strip by Crockett Johnson starring Barnaby Baxter
* Barnaby (comics Tintin), in ''The Adventures of Tintin'' by Hergé
See also
*Barnby (disambiguation)
References
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