Is There any one researching the name of Barnes?

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Is There any one researching the name of Barnes?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I'll take a look...I'll get back to you on that... I've looked on name websites and it doesn't have it. I'm curious now because I have some friends with that last name. I found something on Name St USA...the English origin is Bear, son of Barnett. And in Hebrew the derivation is Barnabas, meaning son of consolation or Uncertain. It's the best I could find, I looked on all the sites possible and it would say Barnes not found. Here is another site I found: http://www.last-names.net/surname.asp... It says: A distinguished family of Sotterly, Co. Suffolk, England. Bearn, local, a city in France. Barnyz, Cor. Br., a judge. I also got more from the follwing: http://mizian.com.ne.kr/englishwiz/libra...

Barnes: English Place Name, from Barnes (in Surry or Aberdeenshire) so named because of the barns that were located there. There were also Barnes families who were known by the name of their father (English Patronymic Name) who was called Barn, a pet form of Barnabas -- a name not used much these days that means 'son of prophesy or consolation.' Some Barnes families are descended from Beorn, a given name that meant 'nobleman' and still others had a patronymic designation from Bairn, a name often given to a young child of a prominent family. That should be enough.