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Варвара
“foreign”
Варвара (Varvára) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “foreign.” It is used in Russian, Belarusian, and Macedonian.
Belarusian and Macedonian and Russian and Ukrainian and cuWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Barbara.
Meaning & origin
Варвара’s family of names
In Russian usage, Варвара has a diminutive in Ва́ря. In Russian usage, Варвара has a conventional equivalent in the German form Barbara. In Ukrainian usage, Варвара has a conventional equivalent in the French form Varvara.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Варвара has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Варвара
- Varvara LepchenkoUkrainian-American tennis playerborn 1986
- Varvara StepanovaRussian artist (1894-1958)
- BarbaraRussian Orthodox saint1880–1918
- Varvara FlinkRussian tennis playerborn 1996
- Varvara YakovlevaRussian bolshevik politician (1885–1941)1884–1941
- Varvara BaryshevaRussian speed skaterborn 1977
- Varvara MyasnikovaSoviet actress of theater and cinema (1900–1978)
- Varvara RudnevaRussian physician (1844–1899)1841–1892
- Varvara BubnovaRussian artist (1886-1983)
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