Barbara

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) = 'foreign'

The original meaning was 'babbling one, person who is difficult to understand' [1] [2]

Related Names

     
Bara ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Barba ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese
Barbara ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Barbára ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Barbel ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Barbo ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Barbra ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Barbro ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Barebra ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Swedish
Varvara ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Varvoi ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Babette and Babba and Betty

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

4 December

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

4 December

Norway Norway

4 December

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

4 December

Sweden Sweden

4 December

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Barbara
Accusative: Barbaru
Dative: Barbaru
Genitive: Barbaru
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Barbara
Accusative: Barböru
Dative: Barböru
Genitive: Barböru

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1390 [2]

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Dalarna, Norrland [2]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 2076 3525 0 0
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 1249 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 307 710 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 777 n.a 2
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 



Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Barbara(f)


Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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