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Barni

Discussion of the name

Barni is an Old Norse masculine name that probably originated as a side-form of the name Barn, itself probably derived from barn ‘child’ and originating as a byname (von Feilitzen 1937: 192; Fellows Jensen 1968: 48-9).

The only entry in the PASE corpus is Barni 1, a catch-all for occurrences in DB.

Bibliography

Fellows Jensen 1968: Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire (Copenhagen: I Kommission hos Akademisk Forlag, 1968)

von Feilitzen 1937: Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1937)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Barne

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Barni

  Phillimore edition: Barn(e)  (+ Barni, Bjarni in Index)

  Alecto edition: Barni

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire	Phil. ref.	Vill	DB Spelling	Holder 1066	Lord 1066	Tenant-in-Chief 1086	1086 Subtenant	Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value	Conf.	Show on Map
Shire Lincolnshire	Phil. ref. 7,52	Vill Leasingham	DB Spelling Barne	Holder 1066 Barni 'of Leasingham'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Remigius, bishop of Lincoln	1086 Subtenant Adam	Fiscal Value 6.00	1066 Value 6.00	1086 Value 5.00	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Barni 2 - Barni ‘of Leasingham’ (Lincs.)  (fl. 1066)