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Barbra - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Barbra
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. bar-bra, ba-rb-ra ] The girl name Barbra is pronounced BAARBRah KEY. Barbra's language of origin is Latin. It is predominantly used in English and German. Barbra is a variant of Barbara (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slavic, and Spanish).

Barbra is an uncommon baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1966, 0.019% of baby girls were named Barbra. It was #511 in rank then. The baby name has seen a steep drop in popularity since then, and is of only infrequent use today. In 2007, within the family of girl names directly related to Barbra, Barbara (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slavic, and Spanish) was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Barbra include Barbar (English), Barbro (Scandinavian), Báirbre (Irish), Barbara (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slavic, and Spanish), Barbera (English), Barbora (Czech and Slavic), Bárbara (Portuguese and Spanish), and Barabara (English).

KEY: Pronunciation for Barbra: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


A famous person named Barbra is Singer Barbra Streisand, born 24 April 1942, Brooklyn, New York.

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