Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
BARNA
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| Origin | of Hungarian origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to internal or external characteristics, circumstances or event |
| Family name referring to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name |
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The name is derived from the Hungarian adjective barna meaning ‘brown’ and refers to a characteristic feature (e.g. colour of hair, skin). It may also be derived from the medieval Hungarian name Barna (hypocoristic form of the given name Barnabás ~ Barlabás ‘Barnabas’) and refer to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name. Variant: Barla. |