Around the globe, بارني (Barney 
, Barni 
, Parrini 
) is a common epicene forename. The forename بارني is characteristic of Somalia, where it is quite a common female name, Ireland, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Nicaragua. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United States, India, and Somalia. Likewise, بارني is the last name as well as the forename.
بارني is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Barney Stinson , the fictional character In the American television series How I Met Your Mother; Barney Rubble , the fictional human, The Flintstones; Barney Gumble , the fictional character from The Simpsons franchise; Barney Stockman , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character, Raphael Knocks 'em Dead and Barney Ross , character in The Expendables, and in many other works.