Barbara
female given name
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Summary
Barbara is a female given name[1]. Barbara ranks in the top 2% of female given name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,345 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Writing system: Latin script[3]
- Commons category: Barbara (given name)[4]
- Language of work or name: Latin[5], Slovene[6], Latvian[7], Dutch[8], English[9], Italian[10], Czech[11], Polish[12], German[13]
- Said to be the same as: Barbora[14], Bárbara (nombre)[15], Bärbel[16], Varvara[17], Bàrbara[18], Borbora[19], Barbera[20], Borbála[21], Barbra[22], Barba[23], Barbare[24], Babs[25]
- Nickname: Babs[26], Basia[27]
- Family name identical to this given name: Barbara[28]
- Native label: Barbara[29]
- Name day: December 4[30]
- Different from: Barbara[31], Varvara[32]
- Soundex: B616[33]
- Cologne phonetics: 1717[34]
- Caverphone: PPR111[35], PPRA111111[36]
- Attested in: frequency of first names in the Netherlands, 2010[37], list of the most frequent given names at birth in Rotterdam (1811–1913)[38], Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich[39], Wykaz imion używanych w Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej[40]
Why It Matters
Barbara has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Barbara is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]