Barnet
loc · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Barnet is a name, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. It appears chiefly in English and Portuguese, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Rhyming slang, from Barnet Fair, an annual horse and pleasure fair in Barnet, North London.
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 12K◐
- USUnited States1 in 839K
- AUAustralia1 in 432K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
Rhyming slang, from Barnet Fair, an annual horse and pleasure fair in Barnet, North London.
Sources 4
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | 12,344 | 44% |
| US United States | 7,706 | 28% |
| BR Brazil | 117 | 1% |
| AU Australia | 76 | 1% |
| IT Italy | 32 | 1% |
≈20,275 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English14K51%
- Portuguese1221%
- Hungarian131%
- Italian101%
- Hindi91%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 14,305 | 51% |
| Portuguese | 122 | 1% |
| Hungarian | 13 | 1% |
| Italian | 10 | 1% |
| Hindi | 9 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1898 | 5 |
| 1912 | 11 |
| 1913 | 9 |
| 1914 | 9 |
| 1915 | 14 |
| 1916 | 15 |
| 1917 | 12 |
| 1918 | 11 |
| 1919 | 5 |
| 1920 | 6 |
| 1921 | 7 |
| 1922 | 7 |
| 1929 | 6 |
| 1931 | 6 |
| 1932 | 5 |
| 1935 | 7 |
| 1940 | 5 |
| 1941 | 8 |
| 1942 | 7 |
| 1943 | 5 |
| 1945 | 5 |
| 1946 | 5 |
| 1947 | 6 |
| 1948 | 10 |
| 1949 | 5 |
| 1950 | 7 |
| 1951 | 5 |
| 1952 | 7 |
| 1953 | 6 |
| 1954 | 5 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 30 years between 1898–1954. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- James Barnetb. 1827AUAustralian architect (1827–1904)
- Boris Barnetb. 1902RUSoviet film director, screenwriter (1902-1965)
- Charlie Barnetb. 1913USAmerican saxophonist, composer, bandleader (1913-1991)
- Sylvan Barnetb. 1926USliterary critic (1926–2016)
- Richard Barnetb. 1929USAmerican author, political activist, and musician (1929–2004)
- Miguel Barnetb. 1940CUCuban writer (born 1940)
- Barnet Kellmanb. 1947USAmerican actor and director
- Olga Barnetb. 1951RUSoviet and Russian actress (1951-2021)
- Terence Ethertonb. 1951GBnot in their usual nameBritish former judge
- Darren Barnetb. 1991USAmerican actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 33 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1K | #22,910 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1K | #25,475 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 856 | #28,001 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 220 | #5,344 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 217 | #7,800 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 159 | #19,609 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 159 | #19,583 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 139 | #45,829 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 96 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 82 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 82 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 80 | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-03 data build · 73 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Barnet?
- Our records include 20,275 bearers of Barnet across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Barnet have the most bearers?
- Barnet is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
- What does the name Barnet mean?
- Recorded meaning: Rhyming slang, from Barnet Fair, an annual horse and pleasure fair in Barnet, North London.
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