Given name & surname
Bara
“one who is chosen”
Bara is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is chosen.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is chosen.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Bara is a variant of Baara. The history of Baara gives this family its wider story. In biblical stories, Baara is associated with the wife of Shaharaim.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Bara through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 367 as a first name in 2020; 1,308 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bara’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Bara is a diminutive of Barbora. Bara has a related form in Baara. In Slovak usage, Bara has a related form in Barbora.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Bara has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Bara
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Bara, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Shaphan
“coney” · “shy”
>99% boys
Tiras
“but perhaps desire” · “fragmentizer or moisturizer”
>99% boys
Ahijah
“brother(s) of Yah”
>99% boys
Abiezer
“my father is help” · “father of help”
>99% boys
Jarib
“he contends”
>99% boys
Nahshon
“serpent” · “bronze”
>99% boys
Abinadab
“the father is generous” · “my father is noble”
>99% boys
Tou
“error” · “erroneous cause of action”
>99% boys