Given name & surname
Barba
Barba is a feminine given name. It is used in Breton, Cebuano, and Faroese.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Barba isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Barba through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 208
- 0 boys · 208 girls
- Most popular year
- 1944
- 13 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 girls is 7 in 1965. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1944. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 367 as a first name in 2020; 10,670 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.
Barba’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Barba, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Barbera
Barbera is a surname.
>99% girls
Burna
>99% girls
Berdia
>99% girls
Bunny
“resembling a little rabbit”
8% boys · 92% girls
Maryetta
>99% girls
Aleta
>99% girls
Avemaria
>99% girls
Bonita
“a pretty and charming girl”
>99% girls
Sibling ideas
Names that share Barba’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
A sister for Barba