The baby name Barbara is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ˈbɑːrbərə/; respelling: BAR-bə-ruh.
Barbara is Greek in Origin.
The baby name Barbara is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ˈbɑːrbərə/; respelling: BAR-bə-ruh.
Barbara is Greek in Origin.
Barbara stems from Greek barbaros, a term for “foreigner” or “non‑Greek speaker,” adopted into Latin as Barbara and into medieval Europe via ecclesiastical Latin. The name thus carries the sense “foreign woman” or “stranger.” It appears widely across European languages - Italian and Polish Barbara, Spanish and Portuguese Bárbara, and Czech/Slovak Barbora - retaining a consonant-rich, stately rhythm in most forms.
Use surged through devotion to Saint Barbara, an early Christian martyr whose December 4 feast and patronage of artillerymen and miners kept the name in liturgical calendars. In the United States it ranked highly in the mid‑20th century, now read as a classic. Variants and diminutives include Barbra, Barb, Babs, Barbie; German Bärbel; Polish Basia; Czech Bára/Barunka; Russian and Greek Varvara (nicknames Varya, Varja); Hungarian Borbála; Lithuanian Barbora.
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| Name | Last Name(s) | Mother | Mother famous for | Fame Level | Father | Father famous for | Fame Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara | Brecht-Schall | Helene Weigel | singer | ★★★★★ | Bertolt Brecht | film director | ★★★★★ |
| Barbara | Ford | John Ford | film director | ★★★★★ | |||
| Barbara | Dürrenmatt | Friedrich Dürrenmatt | film director | ★★★★★ | |||
| Barbara | Hawks | Howard Hawks | film director | ★★★★★ | |||
| Barbara | Marion | Brian Jones | singer | ★★★★★ |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 2023 | #1 | — | 897 |
| Fiji | Girls | 2026 | #8 | 2 | 583 |
| Slovenia | Girls | 2026 | #9 | 516 | 2,769 |
| Poland | Girls | 2026 | #11 | 22,496 | 5,096 |
| Haiti | 2026 | #12 | 1 | 399 | |
| Slovenia | 2026 | #15 | 109 | 1,612 | |
| Austria | Girls | 2026 | #17 | 4,565 | 1,885 |
| Burkina Faso | Girls | 2026 | #17 | 1 | 315 |
| Austria | 2026 | #19 | 484 | 850 | |
| Haiti | Girls | 2026 | #19 | 5 | 950 |
| Maldives | 2026 | #19 | 1 | 644 | |
| Hungary | Girls | 2026 | #23 | 1,034 | 3,308 |
| South Korea | Boys | 2026 | #27 | 1 | 897 |
| Italy | Girls | 2026 | #29 | 105,756 | 9,415 |
| Namibia | 2026 | #29 | 5 | 2,537 | |
| Hungary | 2026 | #31 | 129 | 1,675 | |
| Estonia | 2026 | #35 | 3 | 1,051 | |
| Croatia | Girls | 2026 | #39 | 1,333 | 3,687 |
| Malta | 2026 | #41 | 3 | 1,767 | |
| Austria | Girls | 1998 | #44 | 177 | 59 |
| Iceland | Girls | 2026 | #44 | 19 | 132 |
| Poland | 2026 | #44 | 703 | 2,600 | |
| Italy | 2026 | #47 | 7,232 | 4,183 | |
| Croatia | 2026 | #48 | 241 | 2,081 | |
| Germany | Girls | 2026 | #51 | 8,629 | 4,949 |
| Macau | 2026 | #51 | 2 | 2,706 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2026 | #51 | 5 | 1,497 | |
| Cyprus | 2026 | #53 | 8 | 1,632 | |
| Cameroon | 2026 | #55 | 2 | 2,592 | |
| Luxembourg | 2026 | #55 | 12 | 2,830 | |
| Jamaica | 2026 | #58 | 30 | 3,714 | |
| Cyprus | Girls | 2026 | #59 | 66 | 3,755 |
| Chile | Girls | 2026 | #60 | 8,244 | 14,098 |
| India | 2026 | #71 | 1 | 2,963 | |
| Jamaica | Girls | 2026 | #71 | 281 | 7,507 |
| Albania | 2026 | #74 | 3 | 2,372 | |
| Japan | 2026 | #74 | 4 | 4,057 | |
| Greece | Girls | 2026 | #79 | 216 | 6,293 |
| Serbia | 2026 | #80 | 5 | 923 | |
| Bulgaria | 2026 | #82 | 1 | 1,799 | |
| China | 2026 | #82 | 5 | 3,857 | |
| Lithuania | 2026 | #85 | 4 | 949 | |
| Chile | 2026 | #86 | 796 | 6,867 | |
| Kazakhstan | 2026 | #93 | 2 | 1,452 | |
| Luxembourg | Girls | 2026 | #93 | 103 | 4,850 |
| Afghanistan | Girls | 2026 | #94 | 1 | 2,402 |
| Germany | 2026 | #100 | 647 | 2,542 | |
| Indonesia | Girls | 2026 | #100 | 3 | 3,319 |
| Taiwan | 2026 | #100 | 4 | 4,523 | |
| Qatar | 2026 | #101 | 6 | 7,011 | |
| Ecuador | 2026 | #104 | 12 | 2,502 | |
| Ghana | Girls | 2026 | #104 | 434 | 6,973 |
| Georgia | Girls | 2026 | #105 | 4 | 1,564 |
| Greece | 2026 | #105 | 30 | 3,911 | |
| Oman | 2026 | #107 | 10 | 6,215 | |
| Philippines | 2026 | #107 | 4 | 5,607 | |
| Portugal | Girls | 2026 | #109 | 1,169 | 7,952 |
| Serbia | Girls | 2026 | #110 | 26 | 1,651 |
| Brunei | Girls | 2026 | #114 | 1 | 5,459 |
| Mauritius | 2026 | #115 | 22 | 3,613 | |
| Netherlands | Girls | 2026 | #115 | 3,478 | 5,933 |
| Panama | 2026 | #117 | 14 | 3,797 | |
| Costa Rica | 2026 | #119 | 40 | 5,526 | |
| Kuwait | 2026 | #121 | 1 | 5,216 | |
| Botswana | Girls | 2026 | #122 | 27 | 4,216 |
| Puerto Rico | Girls | 2026 | #122 | 41 | 3,171 |
| Malta | Girls | 2026 | #124 | 28 | 3,773 |
| Mauritius | Girls | 2026 | #127 | 268 | 8,539 |
| Norway | Girls | 2015 | #128 | 4 | 491 |
| Czechia | Girls | 2026 | #131 | 371 | 5,378 |
| Iraq | 2026 | #133 | 1 | 3,533 | |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #134 | 2 | 1,786 |
| Argentina | 2026 | #136 | 51 | 2,915 | |
| Jordan | 2026 | #137 | 4 | 2,158 | |
| Netherlands | 2026 | #137 | 320 | 2,481 | |
| Estonia | Girls | 2026 | #140 | 3 | 1,888 |
| Czechia | 2026 | #146 | 40 | 3,154 | |
| Portugal | 2026 | #148 | 114 | 4,161 | |
| Serbia | Boys | 2026 | #153 | 2 | 2,277 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2026 | #158 | 20 | 10,220 | |
| Denmark | Girls | 2026 | #159 | 187 | 7,429 |
| Brazil | Girls | 2026 | #163 | 3,185 | 12,708 |
| Denmark | 2026 | #165 | 39 | 5,198 | |
| Spain | Girls | 2026 | #166 | 3,785 | 5,561 |
| Hungary | Boys | 2026 | #170 | 5 | 3,954 |
| Lithuania | Girls | 2026 | #172 | 23 | 1,904 |
| Uruguay | 2026 | #175 | 8 | 2,477 | |
| Namibia | Girls | 2026 | #177 | 48 | 7,146 |
| Ghana | 2026 | #178 | 66 | 5,396 | |
| Malta | Boys | 2026 | #179 | 1 | 4,064 |
| Brazil | 2026 | #183 | 178 | 5,969 | |
| Sweden | Girls | 2016 | #186 | 2 | 1,634 |
| Iran | 2026 | #186 | 44 | 4,221 | |
| Angola | Girls | 2026 | #189 | 21 | 4,575 |
| Russia | 2026 | #190 | 5 | 3,641 | |
| Belgium | Girls | 2003 | #197 | 19 | 407 |
| Palestine | 2026 | #198 | 21 | 5,692 | |
| Ecuador | Girls | 2026 | #211 | 29 | 3,650 |
| Slovenia | Boys | 2026 | #211 | 1 | 3,402 |
| Albania | Girls | 2026 | #213 | 10 | 4,141 |
| Argentina | Girls | 2026 | #213 | 789 | 8,289 |
| South Africa | Girls | 2026 | #215 | 2,838 | 25,928 |
| Japan | Girls | 2026 | #219 | 27 | 6,592 |
| South Africa | 2026 | #220 | 233 | 14,421 | |
| Spain | 2026 | #223 | 286 | 2,326 | |
| Bulgaria | Girls | 2026 | #225 | 7 | 3,559 |
| Macau | Girls | 2026 | #228 | 24 | 7,056 |
| Poland | Boys | 2026 | #230 | 113 | 6,459 |
| Panama | Girls | 2026 | #231 | 298 | 9,861 |
| Macau | Boys | 2026 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| Bangladesh | 2026 | #240 | 2 | 5,992 | |
| Israel | 2026 | #244 | 31 | 6,291 | |
| Ecuador | Boys | 2026 | #246 | 1 | 3,322 |
| Iran | Girls | 2026 | #247 | 354 | 8,334 |
| Nigeria | 2026 | #247 | 18 | 5,926 | |
| Singapore | 2026 | #249 | 21 | 11,010 | |
| Cameroon | Girls | 2026 | #252 | 364 | 11,671 |
| Namibia | Boys | 2026 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| Croatia | Boys | 2026 | #256 | 4 | 3,997 |
| Taiwan | Girls | 2026 | #260 | 17 | 8,139 |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #263 | 23 | 2,795 |
| Peru | 2026 | #271 | 40 | 6,350 | |
| Greece | Boys | 2026 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| Costa Rica | Girls | 2026 | #277 | 303 | 11,342 |
| Qatar | Girls | 2026 | #282 | 35 | 15,378 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2026 | #283 | 13 | 10,560 | |
| Guatemala | 2026 | #284 | 31 | 5,948 | |
| Hong Kong | 2026 | #291 | 58 | 8,483 | |
| Jamaica | Boys | 2026 | #292 | 2 | 6,876 |
| China | Girls | 2026 | #294 | 56 | 8,829 |
| Kazakhstan | Boys | 2026 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| Mexico | 2026 | #301 | 115 | 8,339 | |
| Albania | Boys | 2026 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| Czechia | Boys | 2026 | #305 | 1 | 6,530 |
| Uruguay | Girls | 2026 | #313 | 232 | 6,731 |
| Malaysia | 2026 | #315 | 16 | 12,352 | |
| Russia | Girls | 2026 | #315 | 212 | 11,913 |
| Jordan | Girls | 2026 | #316 | 10 | 7,570 |
| Philippines | Girls | 2026 | #323 | 68 | 13,098 |
| Kazakhstan | Girls | 2026 | #324 | 9 | 5,862 |
| Colombia | Girls | 2026 | #326 | 1,847 | 16,140 |
| Bolivia | Girls | 2026 | #329 | 349 | 9,488 |
| Mexico | Girls | 2026 | #331 | 2,485 | 17,781 |
| Guatemala | Girls | 2026 | #333 | 187 | 7,500 |
| Ghana | Boys | 2026 | #336 | 10 | 8,138 |
| Bolivia | 2026 | #340 | 42 | 6,868 | |
| Sudan | Girls | 2026 | #350 | 9 | 7,678 |
| Portugal | Boys | 2026 | #354 | 14 | 7,951 |
| Oman | Girls | 2026 | #364 | 33 | 15,987 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #365 | 27 | 1,368 |
| Mauritius | Boys | 2026 | #367 | 3 | 8,477 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #375 | 31 | 3,185 |
| Bangladesh | Girls | 2026 | #375 | 12 | 8,413 |
| Egypt | 2026 | #380 | 21 | 6,387 | |
| Hong Kong | Girls | 2026 | #385 | 247 | 16,104 |
| Yemen | 2026 | #395 | 4 | 8,639 | |
| Peru | Girls | 2026 | #402 | 897 | 14,861 |
| Philippines | Boys | 2026 | #407 | 2 | 11,440 |
| Uruguay | Boys | 2026 | #410 | 4 | 5,922 |
| Palestine | Girls | 2026 | #414 | 110 | 10,981 |
| Colombia | 2026 | #429 | 52 | 7,768 | |
| Israel | Girls | 2026 | #429 | 194 | 11,648 |
| Austria | Boys | 2026 | #432 | 11 | 2,180 |
| Kuwait | Girls | 2026 | #444 | 72 | 19,177 |
| United Arab Emirates | Girls | 2026 | #447 | 107 | 20,968 |
| Argentina | Boys | 2026 | #458 | 10 | 7,628 |
| Nigeria | Girls | 2026 | #462 | 387 | 15,093 |
| Sudan | Boys | 2026 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| Russia | Boys | 2026 | #496 | 10 | 12,621 |
| Singapore | Girls | 2026 | #496 | 91 | 18,916 |
| Guatemala | Boys | 2026 | #497 | 3 | 7,625 |
| Panama | Boys | 2026 | #503 | 3 | 9,305 |
| Costa Rica | Boys | 2026 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| Iraq | Girls | 2026 | #518 | 8 | 11,303 |
| Bahrain | 2026 | #538 | 16 | 17,937 | |
| Cameroon | Boys | 2026 | #540 | 11 | 12,054 |
| Libya | 2026 | #553 | 7 | 12,703 | |
| Hong Kong | Boys | 2026 | #556 | 2 | 12,905 |
| Lebanon | 2026 | #576 | 83 | 13,263 | |
| Bolivia | Boys | 2026 | #583 | 10 | 9,244 |
| Chile | Boys | 2026 | #604 | 62 | 13,390 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #611 | 133 | 3,895 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #612 | 313 | 8,487 |
| Israel | Boys | 2026 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| India | Girls | 2026 | #646 | 9 | 13,121 |
| Iraq | Boys | 2026 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| Syria | 2026 | #707 | 22 | 11,684 | |
| Brazil | Boys | 2026 | #718 | 34 | 12,213 |
| Singapore | Boys | 2026 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| Tunisia | 2026 | #750 | 80 | 13,765 | |
| Kuwait | Boys | 2026 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| Malaysia | Girls | 2026 | #810 | 185 | 24,821 |
| Egypt | Girls | 2026 | #814 | 146 | 14,742 |
| Peru | Boys | 2026 | #868 | 11 | 14,506 |
| Oman | Boys | 2026 | #872 | 10 | 17,948 |
| Saudi Arabia | Girls | 2026 | #872 | 64 | 25,931 |
| Colombia | Boys | 2026 | #897 | 24 | 15,656 |
| Spain | Boys | 2026 | #908 | 23 | 5,610 |
| Germany | Boys | 2026 | #924 | 29 | 5,697 |
| Egypt | Boys | 2026 | #924 | 2 | 15,035 |
| Netherlands | Boys | 2026 | #940 | 12 | 5,873 |
| Nigeria | Boys | 2026 | #942 | 10 | 16,906 |
| Mexico | Boys | 2026 | #956 | 27 | 16,355 |
| Morocco | 2026 | #972 | 157 | 20,986 | |
| India | Boys | 2026 | #1,037 | 3 | 16,750 |
| Italy | Boys | 2026 | #1,054 | 427 | 10,046 |
| Algeria | 2026 | #1,082 | 95 | 20,130 | |
| Malaysia | Boys | 2026 | #1,102 | 10 | 25,439 |
| Turkey | 2026 | #1,107 | 105 | 19,440 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Boys | 2026 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| South Africa | Boys | 2026 | #1,157 | 22 | 25,619 |
| Saudi Arabia | Boys | 2026 | #1,687 | 5 | 28,008 |
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