Barbra

  • [ BAHR-brə ]
  • English
Variant of BARBARA.

BARBARA   female   English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Late Roman
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.
EQUIVALENTS
BULGARIAN: Varvara
CROATIAN: Barbara
CZECH: Barbora
DANISH: Barbara
ENGLISH: Barbara
FRENCH: Barbara
GERMAN: Barbara
GREEK: Varvara
HUNGARIAN: Barbara, Borbála
IRISH: Báirbre
ITALIAN: Barbara
LATE ROMAN: Barbara
LITHUANIAN: Barbora
MACEDONIAN: Varvara
NORWEGIAN: Barbara
POLISH: Barbara
PORTUGUESE: Bárbara
RUSSIAN: Varvara
SCOTTISH: Barabal
SLOVAK: Barbora
SLOVENE: Barbara
SPANISH: Bárbara
SWEDISH: Barbara, Barbro
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
CROATIAN: Bara, Barica
CZECH: Bára
ENGLISH: Babs, Barb, Barbie, Bobbi, Bobbie
GERMAN: Bärbel
POLISH: Basia
RUSSIAN: Varya