Given name
Barbora
“one who is chosen”
Barbora has a related form in Bara. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is chosen.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Barbora has a related form in Bara. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is chosen.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Barbora has a related form in Bara. An origin associated with Bara is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Barbora through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 269 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.
Barbora’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Barbora has a diminutive in Bora. Barbora shares a linguistic root with Barbara. In Slovak usage, Barbora has a related form in Bara.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Barbora has relatives in 7 languages.
13 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Barbaracognate · English, French
- Varvaraequivalent
- Barbraequivalent
- Barbosaequivalent
- Варвараequivalent
- Bàrbaraequivalent
- Bárbaraequivalent
- Bärbelequivalent
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People named Barbora
- Barbora KrejčíkováCzech tennis player (born 1995)
- Barbora StrýcováCzech female tennis playerborn 1986
- Barbora ŠpotákováCzech javelin throwerborn 1981
- Barbora BobuľováSlovak actressborn 1974
- Barbora SeemanováCzech swimmerborn 2000
- Barbora VotíkováCzech association football playerborn 1996
- Barbora ŠtefkováCzech female tennis playerborn 1995
- Barbora PolákováCzech actress and singerborn 1983
- Barbora Závadováswimmerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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