Frequency: (1499)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Southern English: habitational name for someone who lived by a barn.
2. North German: derivative of the old Germanic personal name Barnher or Bernher (see Berner 6).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.




