Barbara

Barbara [bahr-bruh, -ber-uh]is a female name used in many languages. It is the feminine form of the Greek word barbaros, which in turn represents "foreign". In Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, Barbara means barbarian or barbaric. The name remains among top 100 most popular for Chile and in Poland. The name was at #3 in the 1930s, though it has since declined. It was ranked #911 on the US Popular Female Names in 2021. There are many celebrities under the name, including Barbara Stanwyck, Barbara Pierce Bush and Barbara Bates. Barbara also got used for several hurricanes in the Atlantic and many for the Eastern Pacific.

People
 Saint Barbara
 Bárbara, Brazilian footballer
 Barbara Abart, Italian luger
 Barbara Acklin, American soul singer
 Barbara Adams, British egyptologist
 Barbra Amesbury, formerly Bill Amesbury, Canadian singer-songwriter, composer and filmmaker
 Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States (1989–1993)
 Barbara Castle, British politician
 Barbara Kay, Canadian columnist
 Barbara Keeley, British politician
 Barbara Klerk, Belgian figure skater
 Barbara Moore, New Zealand long-distance runner
 Barbara Rafferty, Scottish actress
 Barbara Rittner, German former tennis player
 Barbara Riveros Diaz, Chilean triathlete
 Barbara Stanwyck, American actress
 Barbra Streisand, American actress and singer
 Barbara Sturgeon, British broadcaster
 Barbara Wagner, Canadian figure skater
 Barbara C. Harris,American bishop
 Barbara McClintock,American scientist and cytogeneticist
 Barbara Walters,American broadcast journalist

Places
 Barbara (region), ancient region in the Horn of Africa
 Barbara, Gaza, a former Palestinian village near Gaza
 Barbara, Marche, a town in Italy
 Santa Barbara, California, a city in Santa Barbara County, California
 Santa Barbara County, California, a county in California

Media
 Barbara, 1980 Argentine film
 Barbara, 1997 Danish film directed by Nils Malmros, based on Jacobsen's novel
 Barbara, 2012 German film
 Barbara (TV series), a British sitcom
 Barbara (album), by We Are Scientists

Science
 Barbara (genus), a genus of moths
 234 Barbara, an asteroid

References

Category:Given names