Girl name Greek origin Christian tradition

Barbara

BAR-bra · 7 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Foreign or stranger, from Greek 'barbaros'
Language
Greek
Culture
Greek;Latin
Religion
Christian
Style era
modern
Themes
classic · saintly
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#860
2024 births313
Peak year1947
First appeared1880
Total US births1,436,402
1947 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
BarbBabsBarbieBobbi
Alternate spellings
BarbraBarbera
In other languages
Varvara (Russian)Barbora (Czech)Bárbara (Spanish)Barbe (French)

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Notable people named Barbara

Barbara Walters (journalist)
Barbara Bush (First Lady)
Barbra Streisand (singer)
Saint Barbara (martyr)