Baragwanath
Baragwanath is a Cornish language surname originating in west Cornwall in the UK. As a result of emigration members of the Baragwanath family can now be found in South Africa, the UK, Australia, the US, and New Zealand. In Johannesburg, Gauteng, there is a hospital whose name is derived from a local storekeeper, John Albert Baragwanath: the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Soweto. This hospital has over 3,000 beds.
Variants of the name are Baragwaneth, Baragwnath and Baragwanoth; the meaning of bara gwaneth is wheaten bread. It is particularly common in Penwith and is recorded as early as the year 1590
In Australia the Baragwanath Transform and the fossil plant Baragwanathia were named after the geologist William Baragwanath.
