Given name & surname
Barbi
“foreign woman”·“a traveler from a foreign land; a stranger”
Barbi is a diminutive 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
Barbi is a diminutive 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
Barbi is a diminutive of Barbara. An origin associated with Barbara is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Hungarian usage, Barbi is a diminutive of Barbara.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Barbi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 586
- 0 boys · 586 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 41 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 5 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 628 as a first name in 2020; 113 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.
Barbi’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Barbi is a diminutive of Barbara. In German usage, Barbi has a related form in Barbie. Barbi has a related form in Barbara.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Barbi
- Barbi BentonAmerican former model, actress and singerborn 1950
- Barbi PilvreEstonian politician and journalist (born 1963)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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