Barnard

This article is about the name. For other uses, see Barnard (disambiguation).

Barnard is an English, and old Breton surname of Norman origin, also found in Holland. From the French surname Bernard, deriving from the French personal name Bernard, which ultimately derived from the name Bernhard from the Germanic element bern "bear" combined with hard "brave, hardy".

People

Some of the people bearing the surname Barnard are thought to have descended from those who arrived in England after the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), some of whom, it has been suggested, can be traced back to Hugo Bernard. Some of the Barnard family in England may have been Huguenots who fled from the Atlantic coast region of France circa 1685 (the time of the revocation of the edict of Nantes) or earlier than that date, however the evidence for this is tenuous, as the name does not appear in lists of proven Huguenot names. By contrast, the Barnard family in Holland (the western provinces of the Netherlands) can be definitively traced back to circa 1751 (Izaak Barnard) of Scheveningen. Other families bearing or subsequently adopting the surname Barnard arrived later as jewish immigrants from continental Europe after 1656 and are well documented. Some of the latter branch are descendants of Rabbi Daniel Barnard of Canterbury, with recorded descendants around London, Chatham, Dartford, Kingston upon Hull, Stockton-on-Tees, Bournemouth, Ipswich, Norwich and in Australia.

Surname

The surname is most commonly found in Greater London and the South Eastern counties of England (most common occurrences are in Essex, East Sussex, Kent and Suffolk), and in California, Texas, Florida and New York in the United States of America. It is also found in Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, and occasionally in Germany. It is an English or Dutch version of Bernard, from the Germanic name Bernhard or Bernhardt, composed of the elements ber(n) ‘bear’ + hard ‘brave’, ‘hardy’, ‘strong’. The first syllable of the name derives from bear; Bär or Baer in German. corresponding family names are BAER, BER, BERR, BEHR, BERNHARDT, BERNARD (in France), Anglicised and also found in Holland as BARNARD.

Barnard Coat of Arms Argent, bear rampant sable, muzzle or

List of people with the surname

• Alfred Barnard (1837–1918), British brewing and distilling historian
• Aneurin Barnard, Welsh actor
• Andrew Francis Barnard (1773–1855), Irish-born British Army General
• Anne Barnard, American journalist
• Lady Anne Barnard (1750–1825), British author of the ballad Auld Robin Gray
• Anne Henslow Barnard (1833–1899), English botanical artist
• Baron Barnard, of Barnard Castle in the Bishopric of Durham, a title created in 1698 in the Peerage of England
• Bill Barnard (1886–1958), New Zealand politician
• Bob Barnard (musician) (born 1933), Australian jazz trumpeter
• Catherine Barnard, British legal scholar
• Cecil Barnard, the youth name of Hotep Idris Galeta (born 1941), South African jazz pianist and educator
• Charles Barnard (American football) (1915–2008), American football player
• Charles Douglas Barnard (1895–1971), British racing and record-breaking pilot
• Chester Barnard (1886–1961), telecommunications executive and author
• Chris Barnard (author) (born 1939), South African writer
• Christiaan Barnard (1922–2001), South African surgeon, who performed the world's first heart transplant operation
• Claude Barnard (1890–1957), Australian politician
• Clio Barnard, British film director
• Daniel D. Barnard (1797–1861), US Representative from New York
• Darren Barnard (born 1971), British professional footballer, played for Wales, Chelsea, Bristol City, Barnsley, Grimsby and Aldershot
• Dorothy Wedderburn (née Barnard, 1925–2012), British economist and academic
• Doug Barnard Jr. (1922–2018), American lawyer and politician
• Edward Emerson Barnard (1857–1923), American astronomer for whom Barnard's Star is named
• Ernest Barnard, President of Major League Baseball's American League, 1927–1931
• Frances Catherine Barnard (1796–1869), English author
• Francis Jones Barnard, aka Frank Barnard Sr., pioneer freighting entrepreneur and Member of Parliament in Canada from 1879 to 1887
• Francis Stillman Barnard, aka Frank Barnard Jr., Canadian MP and Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia from 1914 to 1919
• Franklyn Leslie Barnard (1896–1927), British air racing and airline pilot
• Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1809–1889), American scientist and educationalist
• George Alfred Barnard (1915–2002), British statistician
• George Grey Barnard (1863–1938), American sculptor
• George N. Barnard (1819–1902), American Civil War photographer
• Henk Barnard (1922–2003), Dutch writer of children's literature, journalist and television director
• Henry Barnard (1811–1900), American educationalist
• Henry D. Barnard, adopted name of Chalmers Bryant, a fictional character in James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon
• John Barnard (born 1946), British race car designer
• John Barnard (musician) (born 1948), British church music composer, conductor and organist
• John G. Barnard (1815–1882), US Army general during the American Civil War and Chief Engineer of the Defenses of Washington (1863–1864)
• Joseph Osmond Barnard (1816–1865), engraver of the Mauritius "Post Office" stamps
• Kate Barnard (1875–1930), American politician
• Keppel Harcourt Barnard (1887–1964), South African zoologist
• Lance Barnard (1919–1997), Australian politician
• Lee Barnard (born 1984), English football player
• Leigh Barnard (born 1958), English football player
• Lester Barnard (1894–1985), American college sports coach
• Margaret Barnard (1898–1992), British painter and linocut maker
• Marius Barnard (surgeon), South African surgeon, brother of Christiaan Barnard and inventor of critical illness insurance
• Marius Barnard (tennis), South African professional tennis player
• Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987), Australian writer, also collaborated with Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956)
• Mary Barnard (1909–2002), American poet and translator
• Mary Baylis Barnard (1870–1946), English artist
• Mike Barnard (Henry Michael Barnard) (1933–2018), English first class cricketer and professional footballer
• Neal D. Barnard, American medical doctor, author and clinical researcher
• Niel Barnard, head of South Africa's National Intelligence Service during the apartheid era
• Paolo Barnard, Italian journalist
• Pat Barnard (born 1981), South African rugby union player
• Ray Barnard, English footballer
• Rebecca Barnard (born 1960), Australian singer, songwriter and musician
• Robert Barnard (1936–2013), English mystery writer and critic
• Simeon Barnard (1844–1924), racehorse owner and racing official in South Australia
• Thomas Barnard (c. 1726/28–1806), Anglican bishop in Ireland
• Tom Barnard, American radio talk show host
• William Barnard (bishop), Bishop of Derry 1803–1831
• William Barnard (engraver) (1774–1849), English mezzotint engraver
• William O. Barnard (1852–1939), representative in U.S. Congress from Indiana

Given name

• Bernard Courtois (also spelled Barnard Courtois), (1777–1838), French chemist
• Barnard E. Bee, Sr. (1787–1853), early settler and political leader in the Republic of Texas
• Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr. (1824–1861), Confederate Army general during the American Civil War
• Barnard Pananasky, a pseudonym of Gary Morgan (actor)
• M. Barnard Eldershaw, Australian literary pseudonym

See also

• Barney (disambiguation)
• Bernard (disambiguation)
• Bernhard (disambiguation)