BARNEY :
Pronounced: BAR-nee
Origin(s): English
Meaning: “Son of comfort.” Barney Rubble was Fred Flintstone’s buddy.
BERTHA :
Pronounced: BUR-tha
Origin(s): German, Teutonic
Meaning: “Intelligent, Bright, Sparkling, Famous” from the Germanic element beraht. This is a character in German legends who sneaks into nurseries and rocks children to sleep. Big Bertha was the name given to a large, long-range German cannon used during World War I.
Information sources include Behind the Name and Baby Zone. I don’t know why I decided to do this little project, but I’m going to post two names each day for the month of October. The names for each day will begin with same letter, and I’ll work my way through the alphabet until I do “Z” on October 26th. The names for the rest of the month will come from reader submissions.
