Barnard
Where Barnard comes from
Barnard hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.
Along the way
- 1824Barnard Elliott Bee bornUnited States Army officer and Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War
- 1891Debut at its peak, #963#963 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
- 1892The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births.
- 1909Barnard D. Burks bornentomologist
In the dictionary
No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.
Namesakes
- Barnard Elliott Bee · United States Army officer and Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, 1824–1861
- Barnard D. Burks · entomologist, 1909–1990
- Barnard E. Bee, Sr. · American attorney and politician, 1787–1853
Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.