Barnabas
BAR-nuh-bəs
A biblical name traditionally understood as “son of consolation” or “son of encouragement.”
Meaning
Barnabas comes through the Greek form of an Aramaic name, with the element bar meaning “son.” The excerpts give two traditional explanations: “son of consolation” or “son of exhortation,” and one source notes an alternative sense, “son of prophecy.”
Origin
AramaicGreekEnglishmasculine
Fun fact
In the excerpts, the nickname form is given as Barnaby.