Barbara
- Meaning:
- Foreign, stranger (from Greek "barbaros")
- Origin:
- Greek
About the name Barbara
From Greek 'barbaros' ('foreign, stranger'). St. Barbara is a widely venerated early martyr, and the name has long been used in Croatia.
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- December 4 (sv. Barbara)
- Nicknames:
- Bara
Popularity with newborns
Barbara has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
8,758 people in Croatia are called Barbara, according to the 2021 census. That is #111 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Barbara is recorded in every Croatian county.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.