Barnabas

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Aramaic name of uncertain meaning. Theories include:

1) son of consolation

2) son of the prophet

3) son of encouragement

Related Names

Barnabas	♂

Name Days

Denmark

11 June

Faroe Islands

11 June

Further Information

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[1]		0	0	23	33
Denmark[2]		0	n.a.	7	n.a
Norway[3]		0	0	4	8
Finland[4]		n.a.	5	n.a	10
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Barnabas.

Sources: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

References

1. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
2. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
4. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi