Barend
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Barend is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country. Recorded meaning: present participle of baren.
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 1.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands1 in 2.5K
- USUnited States1 in 2.3M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- South Africa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 81 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈32,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
South Africa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
present participle of baren
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Barend counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | #195 | ≈32,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Barend | 60 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 6,804 | 1 in 2.5K | 6.8K | Barend | 81 |
| CN China | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Barend | 5 |
| NA Namibia | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 17K | 1 | — | 5 |
| US United States | — | 142 | 1 in 2.3M | 140 | Barend | 80 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈90 est. | ≈1 in 131K | 2 | Barend | 17 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 145K | — | Barend | 15 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Barend Graatb. 1628NLDutch painter (1628-1709)
- Barend Cornelis Koekkoekb. 1803NLpainter from the Northern Netherlands (1803-1862)
- Barend Wijnveldb. 1820NLpainter from the Netherlands (1820-1902)
- Barend Joseph Stokvisb. 1834NLphysician and professor of physiology (1834–1902)
- Barend van den Nieuwen Amstelb. 1883NLDutch architect
- Barend Coenraad Petrus Jansenb. 1884NLDutch biochemist (1884-1962)
- Barend van Hemertb. 1891NLDutch football player (1891-1945)
- Barend Biesheuvelb. 1920NLPrime Minister of the Netherlands (1920–2001)
- Barend Jan Terwielb. 1941AUAustralian historian and anthropologist
- Barend Joannes ter Haarb. 1958NLDutch sinologist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 22 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 71 | #24,565 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 2 | #138,191 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Barend mean, and where does it come from?
- present participle of baren Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Barend a male or female name?
- Barend is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Barend?
- In the etymology graph, Bernard, Bernardo and Bernd are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Barend have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 32 thousand people named Barend in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled barend.
- How common is the name Barend?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 6,804 people named Barend, about 1 in 2.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Barend compared with other names?
- In South Africa, Barend is the 195th most common given name of 189,620 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Barend?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/barendThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Barend” — the 195th most common given name in South Africa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.