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Barbara

OriginGreek
Meaning"foreign woman"
GenderGirl
US Rank#968

Top 1000

NB Rank#429

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Variation of Babe

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Famous Barbaras

  • Saint Barbara

    3rd century martyr

  • Barbara of Portugal

    Queen consort of Ferdinand VI of Spain

  • Barbara of Austria

    Duchess consort of Alfonso II d'Este of Ferrara

  • Barbara Pierce Bush

    former U.S. First Lady

  • Barbara Pierce Bush Coyne

    daughter of former US President George W. Bush and twin of Jenna Bush Hager

  • Barbara Levy Boxer

    U.S. Senator from California

  • Barbara Ann Mikulski

    U.S. Senator from Maryland

  • Barbara Walters

    American broadcast journalist

  • Barbara Luddy

    American actress

  • Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Catherine Stevens)

    American actress

  • Eleanor "Barbara" McClintock

    American cytogeneticist and Nobel Prize winner

  • (Mary) Barbara (Hamilton) Cartland

    English novelist

  • Barbara Jean (Morehead) Eden

    American actress

  • Barbara Schett Eagle

    Austrian tennis player

  • Barbara Rittner

    German tennis player

  • Barbara Woolworth Hutton

    American heiress

  • Barbara Palvin

    Hungarian fashion model

  • Barbara Jo Walker

    Miss America 1947

  • Bárbara Micheline do Monte Barbosa

    Brazilian football player

  • Barbara Fialho

    Brazilian model

  • Barbara Ferreira

    American model

  • Barbara Moore

    American Model Playboy Playmate of the Month for December 1992,

  • Barbara Baldieri

    American actress

Barbara in pop culture

  • Barbara Millicent "Barbie" Roberts

    fashion doll made by Mattel

  • Barbara Gordon aka Oracle and Batgirl

    character in the "Batman" series

  • Barbara Eileen Kean Gordon

    mother of Barbara Gordon; wife of Commissioner Gordon

  • Barbara Fazlinovic

    character in Bosnian TV's "The Crazy, Confused & Normal"

  • Barbara Brownstein

    character on TV's "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody"

  • Barbara Wright

    companion on TV's "Doctor Who" 1963,65

  • Barbara Covett

    character from "Notes on a Scandal"

  • Barbara Barga

    character from "SS,GB"

  • Barbara Gilbert

    main character on TV's "Call the Midwife"

  • Barbara "Bebe" Stevens

    character in "South Park"

  • Barbara "Bobbi" Morse

    character in Marvel comics and "Agents of SHIELD"

  • Barbara "Barb" Holland

    character in Netflix's Stranger Things

  • Barbara Lake

    character in the Netflix series "Trollhunters"

  • "Barbara Ann

    " song by the Beach Boys

  • "Barbara Allen

    " folk ballad

  • "Please Don't Ask About Barbara

    " song by Bobby Vee

Variations & nicknames

  • BarbikaNordic
  • BabetteFrench
  • BorbálaHungarian
  • VarinkaRussian
  • VaryRussian
  • BarabalScottish Gaelic
  • BabaraHawaiian
  • BarbarellaItalian
  • VarenkaRussian
  • VaryushaRussian
  • BarbicaNordic
  • BaibínIrish Gaelic
  • BaírbreIrish Gaelic
  • BasiaPolish
  • BarbroSwedish
  • VarvaraRussian
  • BashaPolish

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