Barbara

E7758

feminine given name

Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feminine given name →
associatedWith	Christian tradition of Saint Barbara →
category	feminine given names → given names of Greek origin →
gender	feminine →
hasDiminutive	Basia (Polish) → Bärbel (German) →
hasEtymology	from Greek word "barbaros" →
hasOrigin	Greek language →
hasVariant	Babette → Barb → Barbel → Barbie → Barbra → Bárbara → Bärbel → Varvara →
isUsedInLanguage	Croatian → Czech → Danish → Dutch → English → French → German → Hungarian → Italian → Norwegian → Polish → Portuguese → Russian (as Varvara) → Slovene → Spanish → Swedish →
meaning	foreign → strange →
nameDay	often celebrated on December 4 in some Christian traditions →
popularity	widely used in the 20th century in many Western countries →
shortForm	Babs → Barb → Barbie → Bobbie →
spellingVariant	Bárbara → Bärbara →
usageRegion	Australia → Europe → New Zealand → North America → South America → parts of Africa → parts of Asia →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Barbara Bush → Barbara Dickson → Barbara Frietchie → Barbara Hutton → Barbara Loden → Barbara McClintock → Barbara McClintock → Barbra Streisand → Karinska → Norris Church Mailer →	givenName
Babette → Barbel → Basia →	derivedFrom
Barbara ("Barb") → Barbara ("Barbra") → Barbara ("Bárbara") →	hasVariant
Babette → Barbel → Bärbel →	isDiminutiveOf
Barbara ("Barb") → Barbara ("Babs") → Barbara ("Bobbie") →	shortForm
Babette → Basia →	shortFormOf
Varvara →	equivalentNameInEnglish
Varvara →	etymologicalOrigin
Walden Two →	featuresCharacter
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone →	hasCharacter
Roberta ("Berta") →	hasDiminutive
Good Vibes ("Babs") →	hasMainCharacter
Bärbel →	hasRelatedName
Basia →	isGivenNameFormOf
Basia →	isInformalVariantOf
Bärbel →	isShortFormOf
The Secret Seven →	mainCharacter
Barbel →	relatedName
Barbara ("Bárbara") →	spellingVariant
Basia ("affectionate form of Barbara") →	usage