barnes
n. countablen. a common English family name or a place name. You might see it on signs for stores or in history books about famous people.
n. a common English surname or toponym of Old English origin. When used as a proper name, it is always capitalised.
Mr. Barnes is our new history teacher.
The local bookstore, Barnes & Noble, is a popular place for students to study on weekends.
The Barnes Foundation houses one of the world's most significant collections of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings, reflecting the specific aesthetic tastes of its founder.
* As an English surname, from the place on the bank of the Thames, derived from the root of the noun barn. * Also as an English surname, variant of Barne, from both a Middle English personal name from Old Norse Bjǫrn and Old English Beorn, and from the noun barn (“child”). Semantically compare Child. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), a byname from bior (“spear”). As a French surname, variant of Bernes, from a short form of a Germanic name derived from Frankish berō (“bear”), similar to Bernhard. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Parnes, from Yiddish פּרנס (prns), from Hebrew פַּרְנָס (“leader of a Jewish community, provider”).
As a proper noun, it is always capitalised; the plural form 'the Barneses' refers to members of the family.