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Barney (given name)

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Barney is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Barnard, Barnett and other names, and occasionally a nickname. It is also derived from the Slavic name Barni, the pet form of Barnim, which means "defender", and it was formerly a popular name throughout Poland. Notable people with the name include:

People

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Given name

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  • Barney Aaron (1800–1859), English-born American Hall of Fame lightweight bare-knuckle boxer
  • Young Barney Aaron (1836–1907), English-born American bare-knuckle boxer; son of Barney Aaron
  • Barney Barnato (1851–1897), British mining entrepreneur born Barnet Isaacs, one of those who gained control of diamond, and later gold, mining in South Africa
  • Barney Clark (died 1983), first human recipient of an artificial heart
  • Barney Corse (1799–1878), American abolitionist
  • Barney M. Giles (1892–1984), US Army Air Forces lieutenant general
  • Barney Hill (1922–1969), American who, with his wife, claimed to have been kidnapped by aliens
  • Barney F. Hajiro (1916–2011), US Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor
  • Barney Kessel (1923–2004), American jazz guitarist
  • Barney Lebrowitz (1891–1949), better known as "Battling Levinsky", American Hall-of-Fame world champion light heavyweight boxer
  • Barney Martin (1923–2005), American actor
  • Barney McCosky (1917–1996), Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Barney Pelty (1880–1939), American Major League Baseball player
  • Barney Poole (1923–2005), National Football League player
  • Barney Ross (1909–1967), American Hall-of-Fame world champion boxer born Dov-Ber Rasofsky
  • Barney Sedran (1891–1964), American Hall-of-Fame basketball player
  • Barney Visser (born 1949), NASCAR team owner
  • Barney E. Warren (1867–1951), American Christian hymnwriter and minister

Hypocorism

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  • Bernard Barney Berlinger (1908–2002), American decathlete
  • Bernard Barney Carr (Gaelic footballer) (1923–2021), Irish Gaelic football player and manager
  • Barnett Barney Danson (1921–2011), Canadian politician and cabinet minister
  • Bernhard Barney Dreyfuss (1865–1932), owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team
  • Barnett Barney Frank (born 1940), American former politician
  • Barnaby Barney Harwood (born 1979), British actor and television presenter
  • Bernard Barney Herbert (1889–1949), Australian rules footballer
  • Bernard Barney Hudson (1906–1971), English rugby union and rugby league footballer
  • Bernard Barney McKenna (1939–2012), Irish musician and a founding member of The Dubliners
  • Berna Barney Oldfield (1878–1946), American automobile racer and pioneer
  • Barnet Barney Rosset (1922–2012), owner of Grove Press, and publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Evergreen Review
  • Bernard Barney Wilen (1937–1996), French saxophonist

Nickname

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  • Barney Bigard (1906–1980), American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist
  • Barney Carr (1897–1971), Australian rules footballer
  • Barney Chapman (1939-2020), Texan Dairy Queen owner and rancher
  • Barney Greenway (born 1969), British extreme metal vocalist
  • Barney McCallum (1926–2019), given name David Brace McCallum, coinventor of the racket sport pickleball
  • Barney Roos (1888–1960), American automotive engineer, co-designer of the Willys MB Jeep
  • Raymond van Barneveld (born 1967), Dutch professional darts player

Fictional characters

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See also

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