Barnaby 
English, "Son of the missionary"
Barnaby was an old-guy name back in the '70s, when Buddy Ebsen played an aging detective on TV's Barnaby Jones; the ensuing decades have not done anything to freshen up the name.

Variations
Barnabye, Barnabie
Nicknames
Barney
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