# Barnes

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bɑː(ɹ)nz/ · frequency rank #7,773

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A surname.
3. A surname.
4. A placename
5. A placename
6. A placename
7. A placename

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **bars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-bars)
- **bones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-bones)
- **burns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-burns)
- **bases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-bases)
- **borne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-borne)
- **bates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-bates)
- **Byrne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-byrne)
- **barre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-barre)
- **bores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-bores)
- **Berne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-berne)
- **burned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-burned)
- **barrel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-barrel)
- **barred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-barred)
- **Barney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-barney)
- **burner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-burner)
- **barren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-barren)
- **Borneo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-borneo)
- **barter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-barter)
- **Byrnes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-byrnes)
- **barnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-barnet)

## Common misspellings (9)
`abrnes`, `banres`, `barens`, `barness`, `barnnes`, `barnse`, `barrnes`, `bbarnes`, `branes`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/barnes