Barney vs Hunt

Barney

name
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, and a diminutive of Barnabas, Barnaby, Bernard, or Barnett. 

  • A surname from Old English based on the given names, or from the place name Barney, Old English "barn/barley island". 

  • A diminutive of the male given names Barnabas, Bernard, or Barnett. 

  • A city and village in North Dakota. 

  • A village in Norfolk, England. 

Hunt

name
  • A male given name transferred from the surname. 

  • An English surname originating as an occupation for a hunter (for game, birds etc). 

  • An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio, United States. 

  • An unincorporated community in Kerr County, Texas, United States. 

  • Former name of McFarland, California. 

How often have the words Barney and Hunt occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )