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Barbara
BAHB-ruh
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A female given name, originally from the Latin word barbarus ("foreign").
"Barbara has been a popular name in English-speaking countries for generations."
How to Use Barbara
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA common English female first name, ultimately from the same Greek root as "barbarian."
Word Forms
Barbaras plural
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Etymology
From Latin Barbara, feminine of barbarus, from Greek barbaros ("foreign, strange") — the same root behind the modern word "barbarian."