BARNABAS

Griego forma de an Aramaic name. In Acts in the New Testament the byname Barnabas was given to a man named Joseph, a Jew from Cyprus who was a companion of Paul on his missionary journeys. The original Aramaic form is unattested, but it may be from בּר נביא (bar naviya) meaning son of the prophet, though in Acts 4:36 it is claimed that the name means son of encouragement. As an Inglés name, it came into occasional use after the 12th century.

“BAR-na-bas (German), BAHR-nə-bəs (English)”