Barbara
\baʁ.ba.ʁa\♀French girl's name
A French girl's name of Latin origin, first recorded around 1239.
At a glance
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| First recorded | about 1239 |
| Pronunciation | \baʁ.ba.ʁa\ |
| Also spelled | Barbe |
Origin and meaning
From Latin Barbara (name of a legendary saint), feminine form of barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “strange, foreign”).
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- United States
- Italy
- Malta
- France
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- East Frisia
Around the world
- CatalanBàrbara
- SpanishBárbara
- IrishBairbre
- HungarianBorbála
- PortugueseBárbara
- RussianБарбара
- CzechBarbora
- PolishBarbara
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Exilexi (France (Paris)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).