Barbara

Greek

"foreign woman"

Barbara Origin and Meaning

Variation of Babe

Barbara Rank in US Top 1000

# 860 in the US

Barbara Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 442 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Barbara

• 860 US 2024
• 442 Nameberry 2025
• 889 England 2018
• 54 Portugal 2014
• 148 Mexico 2021
• 85 Hungary 2021
• 46 Poland 2024

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Famous People Named Barbara

• 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

The name 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

International Variations of the name Barbara

• Barbika Nordic
• Babette French
• Borbála Hungarian
• Varinka Russian
• Vary Russian
• Barabal Scottish Gaelic
• Babara Hawaiian
• Barbarella Italian
• Varenka Russian
• Varyusha Russian
• Barbica Nordic
• Baibín Irish Gaelic
• Baírbre Irish Gaelic
• Basia Polish
• Barbro Swedish
• Varvara Russian
• Basha Polish