Barney vs Homer

Barney

name
  • A city and village in North Dakota. 

  • 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 village in Norfolk, England. 

Homer

name
  • A town, the parish seat of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States. 

  • A surname from Middle English. 

  • Ancient Greek poet; author of the Iliad and the Odyssey 

  • A town, the county seat of Banks County, Georgia, United States. 

  • A male given name from Ancient Greek. 

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