Barboncito

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Barboncito

Say it: bar-bohn-SEE-toh

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Meaning

Spanish for 'little bearded one'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Navajo

Famous bearers

Barboncito, Navajo leader who negotiated the return from Bosque Redondo in 1868

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Where this comes from

Published resources of the nation concerned

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