Tracing the Barnaby Family Name

If a Barnaby family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows.

Family name meaning

The Barnaby last name has English roots. The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “one who came from Barnaby (Beornwald's homestead), in Yorkshire”.

Place names like this marked newcomers by where they had come from. In the 2010 US Census, 2,296 Americans gave Barnaby as their last name (rank 13,283). It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

Research your Barnaby family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.