Barbara name - Meaning of Barbara

Barbara name - Meaning of Barbara

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Gender
Feminine
Lucky Number
7
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Usage
English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Late Roman, Greek
Pronounced
BAHR-bər-ə (English) , BAHR-brə (English) , BAHR-bah-rah (German) , bahr-BAH-rah (Polish), BAHR-bər-ə/BAHR-brə
Barbara Meaning
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign". According to legend, Saint Barbara was a young woman killed by her father Dioscorus, who was then killed by a bolt of lightning. She is the patron of architects, geologists, stonemasons and artillerymen. Because of her renown, the name came into general use in the Christian world in the Middle Ages. In England it became rare after the Protestant Reformation, but it was revived in the 19th century. Barbara originates in Greek language and means "stranger, foreigner". Barbara was the name of several saints in Roman Catholic tradition, one of them being Saint Barbara, the protector against lightning and fire. Lately, the name has been extremely popular in some European countries. In the United States its usage declines.

Barbara Related Names
Variants: Barbra (English), Borbála (Hungarian), Barbie, Babs, Bara, Barbora, Barabal, Bobbie
Diminutives: Babs, Barb, Barbie, Bobbie (English), Bärbel (German), Basia (Polish), Bara, Barica (Croatian)
Other Languages: Varvara (Bulgarian), Barbora, Bára (Czech), Varvara (Greek), Báirbre (Irish), Barbora (Lithuanian), Varvara (Macedonian), Bárbara (Portuguese), Varvara, Varya (Russian), Barabal (Scottish), Barbora (Slovak), Barbro (Swedish)

Barbara Celebrities
Barbara Bush - First Lady to President George H. Bush and mother to President George W. Bush, Barbara Billingsley - actress, Barbara McClintock - Nobel Prize winner for Medicine in 1983, Barbara Walters - Television news anchor and reporter, Barbara Eden - actress, Barbara Hershey - actress, Barbara Adams - writer, Barbara Anderson - actress, Barbara Hale - actress,


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