Given name · also Latin
Bárbara
Bárbara is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in Spanish and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Bárbara comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Bárbara’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Bárbara has a conventional equivalent in the English form Barbara. In Portuguese usage, Bárbara has a conventional equivalent in the French form BARBARE. In Portuguese usage, Bárbara has a conventional equivalent in the French form Barbe.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bárbara has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 3
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.
People named Bárbara
- BareiSpanish singerborn 1982
- Bárbara LennieSpanish actressborn 1984
- Bárbara Palacioswriter, former TV show host, former minister of tourism in Venezuelaborn 1963
- Bárbara ArenhartBrazilian handball playerborn 1986
- Bárbara GoenagaSpanish actressborn 1983
- Bárbara SeixasBrazilian beach volleyball playerborn 1987
- Bárbara Dührkop DührkopSpanish politician (born 1945)
- Bárbara PazBrazilian actressborn 1974
- Bárbara LatorreSpanish association football playerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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>99% girls
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>99% girls