Barabara

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Alternative form of barrabora

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/bɛɹəbɑɹə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Barabara is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 265K(measured from records)
  • ATAustria≈1 in 151K
  • CNChina≈1 in 264K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,300 people, est.

Sources
161 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 151K (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Alternative form of barrabora.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Barabara counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Barabara is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈5,300 est.≈1 in 264K—Barabara2
US United States1,2551 in 265K1.3KBarabara161
BR Brazil4381 in 483K438—1
EG Egypt≈200 est.≈1 in 524K—Barabara2
DE Germany≈170 est.≈1 in 466K—Barabara36
AT Austria≈59 est.≈1 in 151K—Barabara16
CH Switzerland≈24 est.≈1 in 348K—Barabara5
NZ New Zealand≈14 est.≈1 in 358K—Barabara8

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Barabara is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom, United States, Mexico, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Bárabara

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Barabarā

  • Russian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Барабара

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Barabara is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swahili, road (strip of land made suitable for travel)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Filipino, alternative spelling of bara-bara

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Iloko, freestyle swimming

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In yog, tapeworm

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ki, road

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Barabara,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Barabara
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.3K#10,552
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022438—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—435#14,645
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2010376—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2000274—
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—165#28,125
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)1990157—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1990117—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)2000102—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)201062—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)198060—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)198057—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Barabara mean, and where does it come from?
Alternative form of barrabora. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Barabara?
A machine transcription gives /bɛɹəbɑɹə/ (IPA) for English.
Is Barabara a male or female name?
Barabara is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Barabara have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.3 thousand people named Barabara in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled barabara.
How common is the name Barabara?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,255 people named Barabara in 2020, about 1 in 265 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Barabara”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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