Given name & surname
Barbarella
“foreign woman”·“a traveler from a foreign land; a stranger”
Barbarella is a variant of Barbara. Interpretations include “foreign woman” and “a traveler from a foreign land; a stranger” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Barbarella is a variant of Barbara. Interpretations include “foreign woman” and “a traveler from a foreign land; a stranger” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Barbarella is a variant of Barbara. An origin associated with Barbara is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Barbarella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 0 boys · 25 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 17 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 8 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1969.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Barbarella’s family of names
Barbarella has a related form in Barbara.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Barbarella
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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