Given name
Borbála
“foreign woman”·“a traveler from a foreign land; a stranger”
Borbála is a form 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
Borbála is a form 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
Borbála is a form of Barbara. An origin associated with Barbara is Latin.
Explained through its name family
Borbála’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Borbála has a diminutive in Boris. Borbála shares a linguistic root with Barbara. In Hungarian usage, Borbála has a conventional equivalent in the German form Borbora.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Borbála has relatives in 4 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Borbála
- Borbála Tóth HarsányiHungarian handball playerborn 1946
- Kisjankó Bori1876–1954
- Borbála ObrusánszkyHungarian historian, ethnographer, orientalist and diplomat (1972)
- Borbála CsuhaHungarian actressborn 1986
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