Name
BARBARA

Name BARBARA

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 1,795,029 births of Barbara in the countries below, which represents an average of 12,914 births of children bearing the first name Barbara per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 6,774 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Barbara   
In Italiano Nome Barbara   
Available variant : Bárbara
Variations : Babs , Bara , Bára , Barbie , Barbora , Barbra , Bobbie


Information about the first name Barbara

We celebrate Barbara on December 4th
The first name Barbara is listed in our categories :The first name Barbara has been assigned to:
0.12% to boys
99.88% to girls
The country where the first name Barbara is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 7 letters including 3 vowels and 4 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Barbara

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Barbara : Arrabab, B A R B A R A

Barbara in Japanese *

Romajibaabara
Katakanaバーバラ
Hiraganaばーばら
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Barbara in Japanese
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Barbara in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Barbara

US English
Etymology src :
  • From the name Barbara; chosen because it has three A's in it representing universal affirmatives.
Etymology src :
  • From Latin Barbara (name of a legendary saint), feminine form of barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “strange, foreign”). Compare Sanskrit बर्बर (barbara, “barbarian”).
Alternative forms src :
Noun src :
  • barbara (plural barbaras)
  • (logic) A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y".
Pronunciation src :
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹb(ə)ɹə/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːb(ə)ɹə/
  • Hyphenation: bar‧ba‧ra
Pronunciation src :
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹb(ə)ɹə/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːb(ə)ɹə/
  • Hyphenation: Bar‧ba‧ra
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
FR French
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /baʁ.ba.ʁa/
Proper noun src :
  • Barbara ?
  • A female given name, equivalent to English Barbara
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
General
Proper noun src :
  • Barbara
  • A female given name.
ES Spanish
Verb src :
  • barbara
  • First-person singular (yo) imperfect subjunctive form of barbar.
  • Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect subjunctive form of barbar.
  • Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) imperfect subjunctive form of barbar.
Slovak
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈbarbara/
Proper noun src :
  • Barbara f (genitive Barbary, nominative plural Barbary)
  • A female given name.
HU Hungarian
Etymology src :
  • From Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “non-Greek-speaking, foreign”).
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ ˈbɒrbɒrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Bar‧ba‧ra
  • Rhymes: -rɒ
Polish
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /barˈba.ra/
Proper noun src :
  • Barbara f
  • A female given name, equivalent to English Barbara
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
Latin
Etymology src :
  • Probably a substantivisation, used as a proper noun, of the feminine forms of barbarus (“wild”, “savage”, “cruel”, “barbarous”), in elliptical use for Prensiō Barbara (“the Cruel Prison”). Compare barbara (“a wild, savage, cruel, or barbarous woman”).
Etymology src :
  • From barbarus: as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for fēmina barbara (the formation is novel to Latin; the Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros) is an adjective of two endings, whose masculine and feminine forms are isomorphic); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Ancient Greek βαρβάρα (barbára).
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • barbarā
  • ablative singular of barbara (“wild or uncivilized woman”)
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • barbarā
  • ablative singular feminine of barbarus
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • barbarā
  • ablative singular of barbara (“kind of plaster”)
Pronunciation src :
  • barbara: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/
  • barbara: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/
  • Homophone: Barbara
  • barbarā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.raː/
  • barbarā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/
Pronunciation src :
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.ra/
  • Homophone: barbara
Proper noun src :
  • Barbara f sg (genitive Barbarae); first declension
  • (Medieval Latin) the name of one of the more abominable prisons of the Grand Châtelet of Paris
Proper noun (Declension) src :
  • First-declension noun, singular only.
Proper noun (Holonyms) src :
  • (prison of the Grand Châtelet): Castelletum
IT Italian
Adjective src :
  • barbara f sg
  • Feminine singular of adjective barbaro.
Noun src :
  • barbara f (plural barbare, masculine barbaro)
  • feminine equivalent of barbaro
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
  • Ultimately from Latin Barbara.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑr.baːˌraː/, /ˈbɑr.bəˌraː/
  • Hyphenation: Bar‧ba‧ra
Proper noun src :
  • Barbara f
  • A female given name, equivalent to English Barbara
DK Danish
Proper noun src :
  • Barbara
  • A female given name, equivalent to English Barbara
DE German
Proper noun src :
  • Barbara
  • A female given name, equivalent to English Barbara; very popular in the mid-twentieth century.
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • Bärbel
 

Popularity of the name Barbara

Number of BARBARA births per year

Popularity of the name Barbara
Popularity of the name Barbara

Total births of Barbara by country

Births with the first name Barbara
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2019
1,571
1,433,108
BRBrazil
1930 - 2010
610
170,715
ONOntario
1913 - 2018
11
44,070
CHSwitzerland
1912 - 2019
0
27,901
FRFrance
1900 - 2019
0
25,988
PLPoland
2000 - 2019
0
21,616
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2019
0
13,288
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2019
0
9,994
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
9,408
ATAustria
1984 - 2018
0
7,992
AUAustralia
1944 - 2019
12
6,971
HUHungary
2003 - 2019
0
4,941
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2019
0
4,323
ITItaly
1999 - 2018
29
3,585
IEIreland
1964 - 2019
0
3,070
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
0
2,000
NONorway
1945 - 2019
0
928
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2019
0
558
ESSpain
2002 - 2019
0
450
DKDenmark
1985 - 2019
0
424
BEBelgium
1995 - 2019
0
416
QCQuebec
1980 - 2019
1
415
ABAlberta
1980 - 2019
1
397
DEGermany
2000 - 2018
0
219
SESweden
1998 - 2019
0
11
PTPortugal
2014 - 2019
0
6
Popularity of the name Barbara

Total births of Barbara by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Barbara
Country
Boys
Girls
BRBrazil
2010
21
4,621
PLPoland
2019
0
1,535
USUnited State of America
2019
0
224
HUHungary
2019
0
114
ARArgentina
2015
0
72
ITItaly
2018
0
48
GBUnited Kingdom
2019
0
32
FRFrance
2019
0
31
DKDenmark
2019
0
18
ATAustria
2018
0
17
ONOntario
2018
0
16
CHSwitzerland
2019
0
6
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
0
6
DEGermany
2018
0
6
IEIreland
2019
0
5
ABAlberta
2019
0
2

Comments on the name Barbara

Personalities with the first name Barbara

There are 399 personalities with the first name Barbara

Barbra Streisand (Barbara Joan Streisand) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Actor Writer Singer Singer-songwriter Film actor Jazz musician Stage actor Film director Film producer Television actor

Barbara Mcclintock src

United states of america
Geneticist

Barbara Stanwyck (Ruby Catherine Stevens) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Stage actor Model Television actor Film actor

Barbara Bush (Barbara Pierce) src

United states of america
Politician

Barbe La Grande Martyre src


Thaumaturge Prisoner

Barbara Cartland (Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland) src

United kingdom
Writer Politician Aircraft pilot Novelist

Barbara Walters src

United states of america
Writer News presenter Television presenter Journalist

Barbara Hershey (Barbara Lynn Herzstein) src

United states of america
Actor Television actor

Barbara W. Tuchman src

United states of america
Writer Historian Biographer Journalist

Barbara Liskov src

United states of america
Engineer Computer scientist University teacher


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Barbara
Full list of personalities with the first name Barbara

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Barbara

There are 3825 actors and actresses with the first name Barbara
Barbara Palvin
Barbara Prakopenka
Barbara Barcia
Barbara Wypych
Barbara Vackova
Barbara Nova
Barbara Dunkelman
Barbara Sloesen
Barbara Vlasits
Barbara Garstka
Barbara Mamabolo
Barbara Schmidt
Barbara Meier
Barbara Kurdej-Szatan
Barbara Mularczyk
Barbara Lanz
Barbara Kottmeier
Barbara Claes
Barbara Devil
Barbara Garza Talavera
Barbara Hollander
Barbara Cabrita
Barbara Radulovic
Barbara Bellucci
Barbara Bush
Barbara Konta
Barbara Voice
Barbara Howlin
Barbara Prokopowicz
Barbara Zatler

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Barbara
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Barbara

Rankings of first name BARBARA by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#2697BR Brazil2010
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#36PL Poland2019
#59BR Brazil2010
#91HU Hungary2019
#192AR Argentina2015
#237DK Denmark2019
#329AT Austria2018
#355IT Italy2018
#389CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#521CH Switzerland2019
#686ON Ontario2018
#702IE Ireland2019
#957US United State of America2019
#978DE Germany2018
#1090GB United Kingdom2019
#1290FR France2019
#2302AB Alberta2019
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