Barnaby is an
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
surname composed of the
Saxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
element ''beorn'' '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 name
Barnabas.
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, a ...
(born 1952), American writer, editor, and artist
* Barnaby Diddleum, pseudonym used by
P.T. Barnum (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
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Barnaby French
Barnaby French (born 25 November 1975) is a former professional Australian rules footballer.
French attended Pembroke School in Adelaide. A champion junior rower, French was a member of the Australian under 23s rowing team. He gave up rowin ...
(born 1975), Australian rules footballer
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Barnaby Furnas
Barnaby Furnas, (born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1973), is an American 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 ...
(born 1973), American painter
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Barnaby Jack (1977-2013), New Zealand computer security professional
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Barnaby Joyce (born 1967), Australian politician
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Barnaby Keeney (1914-1980), president of Brown University
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Barnaby Bernard Lintot, (1675-1736), English publisher
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Barnaby Metschurat (born 1974), German actor
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Barnaby Miln (born 1947), gay magistrate and social activist
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Barnaby Potter (1577-1642), Church of England priest
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Barnaby Ralph
Barnaby Ralph (born 14 October 1969) 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 Postgraduate ...
(born 1969), professional virtuoso recorder player
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Barnaby Weir, singer, songwriter and guitarist
Surname
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Frank Barnaby, anti-nuclear weapons activist
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George Barnaby
George Barnaby is a former territorial level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1975 until 1976.
Barnaby was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the ...
, Canadian politician
* Hannah Barnaby, author of ''
Wonder Show''
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Matthew Barnaby (born 1973), retired National Hockey League right winger
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Nathaniel Barnaby (1829-1915), English engineer
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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
''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
''Becky and Barnaby Bear'' is a live action television series on United Kingdom TV (CBeebies) for children between the ages of 0 and 5, starring Barnaby Bear and his friend Becky. Barnaby and Becky both live in the city of Chester in Cheshire. Ba ...
'', a BBC CBeebies television series
* Barnaby Brooks Jr., one of the main protagonist in the Japanese anime ''
Tiger & Bunny
''Tiger & Bunny'' (stylized as ''TIGER & BUNNY'') is a 2011 Japanese anime superhero television series produced by Sunrise and directed by Keiichi Sato. The screenplay was written by Masafumi Nishida with original character design by Ma ...
'' (2011)
* Dr. Barnaby Fulton, a main character in the 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
Angus Clifford Racey Helps (1913–1970) was an English children's author and illustrator. His books were written in a simple style and feature woodland creatures and birds, with illustrations by the author. He is known also for illustrating po ...
(1913–1970)
* Barnaby Pierce, in the television movie
''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!'' (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'', 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''
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Tom Barnaby
Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Geoffrey "Tom" Barnaby (born 20 April 1943) is a fictional detective created by English writer Caroline Graham as the protagonist in her ''Chief Inspector Barnaby'' novel series and adapted into one of the main ...
, a detective in the novels and British television series ''
Midsomer Murders
''Midsomer Murders'' is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the '' Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of I ...
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* Uncle Barnaby, character in the 1903 operetta
''Babes in Toyland''
* Barnaby, a strongman who appears occasionally on the ''
Family Guy
''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show centers around the Griffin family, Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter Griff ...
'' animated television series
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''Barnaby'' (comics), a comic strip by
Crockett Johnson starring Barnaby Baxter
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Barnaby (comics Tintin)
This is the list of fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The characters are listed alphabetically, grouped by the Main characters, the Antagonists, and the Supporting characters. ...
, in ''The Adventures of Tintin'' by Hergé
See also
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Barnby (disambiguation)
References
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