Given name
Barnabás
“son of Nabu”
Barnabás is a given name. It is used in Hungarian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Barnabás possibly goes back to a word meaning “son of Nabu.”
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Barnabás’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Barnabás has a diminutive in Barna. In Hungarian usage, Barnabás has a conventional equivalent in the English form Barnabas. In Hungarian usage, Barnabás has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Barnaba.
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Around the world
Barnabás has relatives in 5 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Barnabás
- Barnabás VargaHungarian association football playerborn 1994
- Barnabás BeseHungarian footballerborn 1994
- Barnabás PeákHungarian cyclistborn 1998
- Barnabás SteinmetzHungarian water polo player and coachborn 1975
- Barnabás BerzsenyiHungarian fencer (1918-1993)
- Barnabás SzőllősIsraeli alpine skierborn 1998
- Barnabás von GéczyHungarian conductor (1897–1971)
- Barnabás Ráczassociation football playerborn 1996
- Barnabás Sztipánovicsassociation football player (1974–)
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