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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

1. 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....:
   
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2. 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...
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More `Barbara` links
Barbara as abbreviation
Actors named Barbara
Barbara in the encyclopedia