Definition of "Barnes"

A surname

1. An English toponymic surname transferred from the common noun for someone who owned, lived in, or worked in a barn.  examples

2. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone from the place of the same name in Surrey.  examples

A placename

1. A suburb of London, in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, originally a town in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2276).  examples

2. An inner suburb and ward in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (approx OS grid ref NZ3856).  examples

3. A minor city in Washington County, Kansas, United States.  examples

4. A small town in the far south of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia.  examples