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Barney (male)

Pet Name for:Barnabas (M) Barnaby (M) Bernard (M)
Can be spelt:Barny (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English, especially US, pet name for Barnabas, from Aramaic "son of consolation". 

Also an English pet name for Bernard, from the Old German "stern/brave/noble bear".

Now frequently a given name.
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