# Byrnes

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #33,550

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Compare Byrne.

## Easily confused with
- **bytes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/byrnes-vs-bytes)
- **bones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bones-vs-byrnes)
- **burns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-byrnes)
- **borne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-byrnes)
- **Byrne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/byrne-vs-byrnes)
- **bores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bores-vs-byrnes)
- **Berne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/berne-vs-byrnes)
- **burned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burned-vs-byrnes)
- **Barnes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnes-vs-byrnes)
- **Barney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barney-vs-byrnes)
- **burner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burner-vs-byrnes)
- **Borneo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borneo-vs-byrnes)
- **Baines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baines-vs-byrnes)
- **barnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barnet-vs-byrnes)
- **Borges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borges-vs-byrnes)
- **burnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnet-vs-byrnes)
- **Burney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burney-vs-byrnes)

## Common misspellings (10)
`bbyrnes`, `brynes`, `bynres`, `byrens`, `byrness`, `byrnnes`, `byrnse`, `byrrnes`, `byyrnes`, `ybrnes`

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