Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Barbette 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 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Barbette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 335
- 0 boys · 335 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 30 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 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 30 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 298 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Barbette’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Barbette, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Barbie
“foreign woman” · “a traveler from a foreign land; a stranger”
>99% girls
Lynnette
“a beautiful maiden; resembling a songbird”
>99% girls
Annette
“he (God) has favoured me (i.e. with a child)” · “a woman graced with God's favor”
>99% girls
Rosette
“horse” · “fame”
>99% girls
Suzette
“resembling a graceful white lily”
>99% girls
Raylene
“son of grace”
>99% girls
Bernadette
“as strong and brave as a bear” · “one who has bearlike strength and courage”
>99% girls
Lynette
“a beautiful maiden; resembling a songbird”
>99% girls