Barney vs Barrow

Barney

name
  • A village in Norfolk, England. 

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

  • A city and village in North Dakota. 

Barrow

name
  • One of a few villages in England. 

  • A town in Cumbria, England (properly Barrow-in-Furness). 

  • A river in eastern Ireland. 

  • An unincorporated community in Greene County, Illinois. 

  • A surname. 

  • Former name of Utqiagvik, the borough seat of North Slope Borough, Alaska, renamed in 2016. 

  • A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, which includes the settlements of Great Barrow and Little Barrow. 

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