Barnabas or Barnaby: From the Hebrew Bar Nebah, which some translate "son of exhortation," or "son of consolation." It rather means "son of prophecy," from bar-nebuah. Danish, Barnabas; Dutch, Barnabas; French, Barnabe; German, Barnabas; Italian, Barnaba; Latin, Barnabas; Spanish, Bernabe.

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