Meaning and origin
Barbara is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `Latin foreign, strange, exotic, mysterious `.
Where is it used? The name Barbara is mainly used in English, Italian, French, German, Polish and in Hungarian.
How do they say it elsewhere? Barbro (In Swedish) Varvara (In Russian, Greek and in Bulgarian) Bárbara (In Portuguese) Báirbre (In Irish) Borbála (In Hungarian) Barbra (In English (Modern)) Barbora (In Czech and in Slovak)
See also In Russian: Varya In Polish: Basia (F) In English and in Italian: Roberta In English, French, Scandinavian and in Romanian: Robert In English: Babette (F) In English: Bobbie In English: Babs (F) In English: Bobbi In English: Bobby (B)
What Barbara`s say about their name
The best thing about the name Barbara: was never teased about it, normal name
The worst thing about the name: Name ages me, as few people have used it in recent years
If my name wasn`t Barbara....:
Extra information:
The best thing about the name Barbara: elegant and charmy name
The worst thing about the name: no worst things
If my name wasn`t Barbara....: i feel confortable everytime, and this name is not so popular and you think to be the only one...
Extra information:
Barbara appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 633. In the last 128 years Barbara has occupied a spot in the top 1000 without interruptions. The name reached the top-100 6 times and reached the top-10 3 times. 1940 was a `top year` for the name Barbara. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #2. Our records go back to 1880