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Barbara
say it bar-bah-rah
What Barbara means
- Portuguese, Spanish, Greek and Latin foreign woman Christian saint: St Barbara, patron of miners and artillerymen
How popular it is
Its use is falling over the last ten years.
- no. 62 in Portugal (2017)
- no. 145 in Chile (2021)
- no. 206 in Denmark (2019)
- no. 581 in Austria (2020)
- no. 896 in the US (2024)
- no. 1077 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 1092 in France (2019)
- no. 1665 in England & Wales (2024)
In the United States it was most popular around 1940.
Other forms
Barbara, Barbora, Varvara, Barbra, Babette
Names with a similar meaning
Alexandra Nicole Romane Magdalena Madalena Sasha Dakota Lexi Cassandra Cassie Alessandra Svea
Barbara in stories
- Genshin Impact: Barbara Pegg, the idol and deaconess of Mondstadt
- Batman: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl and later Oracle
- Batman: Barbara Gordon, the commissioner's daughter Batgirl