# Barnard

Barnard is a surname of Old English origin, derived from the Anglo-Saxon given name "Beornheard". It is composed of two elements: "Beorn," meaning "young warrior" or "bear," and "heard," meaning "hardy," "brave," or "strong." In some cases, Barnard is a version of the surname Bernard, which is a French and West Germanic masculine given name and surname. The surname means as tough as a bear, Bar(Bear)+nard/hard(hardy/tough)

## People

Some of the people bearing the surname Barnard in England are thought to have arrived after the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), Changing their surnames from Bernard to Barnard. Some of whom, it has been suggested, can be traced back to Hugo Bernard. Some of the Barnard family in England may have been Huguenots who fled from the Atlantic coast region of France circa 1685 (the time of the revocation of the edict of Nantes) or earlier than that date. By contrast, the Barnard family in Holland (the western provinces of the Netherlands) can be definitively traced back to circa 1751 (Izaak Barnard) of Scheveningen.The surname Barnard is also found in South Africa among the Afrikaner community. An example of this is Christiaan Barnard, A South African Cardiac Surgeon who performed the first Successful Heart Transplant.The surname is Also found in Australia and North America because of mostly UK and Huguenot immigration from Europe. Other families bearing or subsequently adopting the surname Barnard arrived as Jewish immigrants from continental Europe after 1656 and are well documented. Some of the latter branch are descendants of Rabbi Daniel Barnard of Canterbury, with recorded descendants around London, Chatham, Dartford, Kingston upon Hull, Stockton-on-Tees, Bournemouth, Ipswich, Norwich and in Australia.

### Surname

In England the surname is most commonly found in Greater London and the South Eastern counties (most common occurrences are in Essex, East Sussex, Kent and Suffolk). And in the United States of America it is most commonly found in California, Texas, Florida, and New York. It is also found in France, Belgium, Canada, The Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, and occasionally in Germany. The first syllable of the name derives from bear; Bär or Baer in German. corresponding family names are BAER, BER, BERR, BEHR, BERNHARDT, BERNARD (in France).

## List of people with the surname

* Alfred Barnard (1837–1918), British brewing and distilling historian
* Aneurin Barnard (born 1987), Welsh actor
* Andrew Barnard (1773–1855), Irish-born British Army General
* Anne Barnard, American journalist
* Lady Anne Barnard (1750–1825), Scottish travel writer, artist and socialite
* Anne Henslow Barnard (1833–1899), British botanical artist
* Baron Barnard, of Barnard Castle in the Bishopric of Durham, a title
* Bill Barnard (1886–1958), New Zealand politician
* Bob Barnard (musician) (1933–2022), Australian jazz trumpeter
* Catherine Barnard, British legal scholar
* Cecil Barnard, aka Hotep Idris Galeta (1941–2010), South African jazz pianist
* Charles Barnard (American football) (1915–2008), American football player
* C. D. Barnard (1895–1971), British racing and record-breaking pilot
* Chester Barnard (1886–1961), telecommunications executive and author
* Chris Barnard (author) (1939–2015), South African writer
* Christiaan Barnard (1922–2001), South African surgeon, known for heart transplants
* Claude Barnard (1890–1957), Australian politician
* Clio Barnard, British film director
* Daniel D. Barnard (1797–1861), US Representative from New York
* Darren Barnard (born 1971), British professional footballer
* Dorothy Wedderburn (née Barnard, 1925–2012), British economist and academic
* Doug Barnard Jr. (1922–2018), American lawyer and politician
* Edward Emerson Barnard (1857–1923), American astronomer for whom Barnard's Star is named
* Ernest Barnard, President of Major League Baseball's American League, 1927–1931
* Eusebius Barnard (1802–1865), American abolitionist and station master on the Underground Railroad
* Frances Catherine Barnard (1796–1869), English author
* Francis Jones Barnard, aka Frank Barnard Sr., pioneer freighting entrepreneur and Canadian MP
* Francis Stillman Barnard, aka Frank Barnard Jr., Canadian MP and Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
* Franklyn Leslie Barnard (1896–1927), British air racing and airline pilot
* Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1809–1889), American scientist and educationalist
* George Alfred Barnard (1915–2002), British statistician
* George Grey Barnard (1863–1938), American sculptor
* George N. Barnard (1819–1902), American Civil War photographer
* Henk Barnard (1922–2003), Dutch writer of children's literature
* Henry Barnard (1811–1900), American educationalist
* Henry D. Barnard, adopted name of Chalmers Bryant, a fictional character in Lost Horizon
* Holly Barnard, American Geographer
* Isaac D. Barnard (1791–1831), American lawyer and politician
* John Barnard (born 1946), British race car designer
* John Barnard (musician) (born 1948), British church music composer
* John G. Barnard (1815–1882), US Army general during the American Civil War
* Joseph Edwin Barnard (1868/70–1949), British microscopist and hatter
* Joseph Osmond Barnard (1816–1865), engraver of the Mauritius "Post Office" stamps
* Kate Barnard (1875–1930), American politician
* Keppel Harcourt Barnard (1887–1964), South African zoologist
* Lance Barnard (1919–1997), Australian politician
* Lee Barnard (born 1984), English football player
* Leigh Barnard (born 1958), English football player
* Lester Barnard (1894–1985), American college sports coach
* Margaret Barnard (1898–1992), British painter and linocut maker
* Marius Barnard (surgeon), South African surgeon, inventor of critical illness insurance
* Marius Barnard (tennis), South African professional tennis player
* Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987), Australian writer, with Flora Eldershaw
* Mary Barnard (1909–2002), American poet and translator
* Mary Baylis Barnard (1870–1946), English artist
* Megan Barnard (born 1984), Australian sports presenter
* Mike Barnard (sportsman) (Henry Michael Barnard) (1933–2018), English cricketer and footballer
* Neal D. Barnard, American medical doctor, author and clinical researcher
* Niël Barnard (1949–2025), head of South Africa's National Intelligence Service during the apartheid era
* Norman R. Barnard (1914–1998), American probate judge
* Paolo Barnard, Italian journalist
* Pat Barnard (born 1981), South African rugby union player
* Paul Barnard (born 1973), American politician
* Ray Barnard, English footballer
* Rebecca Barnard (born 1960), Australian singer, songwriter and musician
* Robert Barnard (1936–2013), English mystery writer and critic
* Simeon Barnard (1844–1924), racehorse owner and racing official in South Australia
* Taylor Barnard (born 2004), English racing driver
* Thomas Barnard (c. 1726/28–1806), Anglican bishop in Ireland
* Timpoochee Barnard (1776–1834), Native American major of Battle of Calebee Creek
* Tom Barnard, American radio talk show host
* Trevor Barnard (born 1938), British-born Australian pianist and teacher
* William Barnard (bishop) (1803–1831), Irish Bishop of Derry, Northern Ireland
* William Barnard (engraver) (1774–1849), English mezzotint engraver
* William O. Barnard (1852–1939), representative in U.S. Congress from Indiana

## Given name

* Bernard Courtois (also spelled Barnard Courtois), (1777–1838), French chemist
* Barnard E. Bee Sr. (1787–1853), early settler and political leader in the Republic of Texas
* Barnard Elliott Bee Jr. (1824–1861), Confederate Army general during the American Civil War
* Barnard Pananasky, a pseudonym of Gary Morgan (actor)
* M. Barnard Eldershaw, Australian literary pseudonym

## Schools

* Barnard Castle School
* Barnard College
* Barnard School South Hampton

## Places

* Barnard, Kansas
* Barnard, Michigan
* Barnard, Missouri
* Barnard, South Dakota
* Barnard, Vermont
* Barnard Castle, England
* Barnard River
* Barnardsville, North Carolina
* Mount Barnard