Kadesh or Qadesh (in classical Hebrew Hebrew: קָדֵשׁ, from the root קדש "holy") is a place-name that occurs several times in the Hebrew Bible, describing a site or sites located south of, or at the southern border of, Canaan and the Kingdom of Judah.
The name Kadesh-barnea is a Biblical baby name. In Biblical the meaning of the name Kadesh-barnea is: Holiness of an inconstant son.