Barbra

Where Barbra comes from

The dictionaries list Barbra as a given name — a female given name from Latin, a nonstandard spelling of Barbara. Associated with Barbra Streisand, who changed the spelling of her name from Barbara — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1870
    Barbra Ring born
    Norwegian novelist, translator and critic
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #908 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1966
    Peak, #512
    343 babies named Barbra — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #836.
  5. 2000
    Barbra Banda born
    Zambian association football player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, a nonstandard spelling of Barbara. Associated with Barbra Streisand, who changed the spelling of her name from Barbara.
Namesakes
  • Barbra Banda · Zambian association football player, born 2000
  • Barbra Ring · Norwegian novelist, translator and critic, 1870–1955
  • Barbra Amesbury · Canadian philanthropist, singer-songwriter, composer, and filmmaker, born 1948
  • Barbra Fontana · American beach volleyball player, born 1965
  • Barbra Fuller · American actress, 1921–2024

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.