Barnard is a boy's name of French origin meaning “young warrior.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Barnard belongs to the French and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “young warrior” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Barnard first appears in Social Security records in 1891. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #981 in 1891, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 895 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Barnard means “young warrior” in its French roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Barnard is a boy name.
Barnard comes from the French and English & American tradition.
Barnard first appears in US records in 1891. Its best-ever ranking was #981 in 1891, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Barnard is pronounced /ˈbɑːnɑːd/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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