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Barbara is a female given name used in numerous languages. It is the feminine form of the Greek word ''barbaros'' ((ギリシア語:βαρβαρος)) meaning "foreign". In Spanish, Portuguese and Italian it means ''barbarian'' or ''barbaric''. In Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox tradition, Saint Barbara was martyred by her father, who was then punished with death by lightning. As such, St. Barbara is a protectress against fire and lightning. Other saints of this name include Barbara Avrillot (Barbe Aurillot, known as Marie of the Incarnation) and Barbara Koob (Marianne Cope). Today, Barbara remains among the top 100 most popular names for female babies born in Chile, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. It is among the top 10 names given to baby girls born in both the Czech Republic and Georgia in 2012. The Russian variant Varvara is also returning to popularity in former Soviet republics such as Estonia, where it ranked among the top names for girls in 2012, and in Russia, where it was the eighth most popular name for girls born in 2013 in Moscow. Its popularity in the United States has declined from third place, in the 1930s, to 838th place, in 2013, when it was used for 310 newborn American girls. The Russian form of the name, Varvara, was given to just 11 American girls in 2013. 〔http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi〕 In Italy Barbara was particularly popular during the 1970s: it is among the top 10 names given to girls born from 1969 to 1977, rising to 2nd place (behind Maria) in 1971.〔Cfr. Alda Rossebastiano-Elena Papa, ''I nomi di persona in Italia: dizionario storico ed etimologico'', Torino, UTET, 2005 (in italian).〕 In the same year it was the most common name for girls born in Rome and in Bologna.〔Cfr. Enzo Caffarelli, ''L'onomastica personale nella città di Roma dalla fine del secolo XIX ad oggi. Per una nuova prospettivi di sociografia e cronografia antroponimica'', Tubinga, Niemeyer, 1996 (in italian).〕 ==Variants== *Baba (English) *Babara (Hawaiian) *Babbie (English) *Babette (French) *Babs (English, German) *Baiba (Latvian) *Bārbala (Latvian) *Baibín (Irish Gaelic) *Bairbre (Irish Gaelic) *Bar (English) *Bára (Czech) *Bärbel (German) *Barabal (Scottish Gaelic) *Barb (English) *Bàrbara (Catalan) *Bárbara (Galician, Portuguese, Spanish) *Barbara (Croatian, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slovene) *Barbare (Georgian) *Barbarella (Italian) *Barbary (English) *Barbie (English) *Barby (English) *Barbora (Czech, Lithuanian, Slovak) *Barbra (English) *Barbro (Swedish) *Barra (English) *Basia (Polish) *Baśka (Polish) *Basieńka (Polish) *Barča (Czech) *Berber (Frisian) *Bobbi (English) *Bobbie (English) *Borbála (Hungarian) *Varvara (Bulgarian, Greek) *Βαρβάρα (Varvara) (Greek) *Варвара (Varvara) (Russian) *Варя (Varya) (Russian hypocorism) *芭芭拉 (Chinese) *Barunka (Czech) *Baruška (Czech) *Barbuš, Baruš (Czech) *Barborka (Slovak), (Czech) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barbara (given name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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