Fun Facts About the Name Barara
- 23 babies named Barara: U.S. records list 23 babies given the name Barara from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Barara Mean?
Barara has no single well-documented etymology. The derivation most often suggested connects it to Arabic bararah (بَرَرَة), a plural form built on the root b-r-r, meaning "dutiful, pious, righteous." The word appears in the Quran (80:16, kirāmin bararah, usually translated "noble and righteous"), where it describes righteous beings. If that link is correct, the name would carry the sense "righteous one" or "devout." The difficulty is that bararah is a common adjective and plural in Arabic, and its use as a personal name is not clearly documented, so this remains a suggested source rather than an established one.
Barara is sometimes listed as a variant spelling of Barbara. A similar sound is not evidence of a shared origin, and no documented link between the two names has been shown, so that comparison should be treated as unproven.
Barara Name History & Origins
Because Barara is not firmly documented as a personal name, its development is difficult to trace. The clearest related material is the Arabic word bararah, which belongs to classical and religious vocabulary rather than to a recorded naming tradition. Barara is also the name of a medieval town in Ethiopia that served at times as an imperial capital, and of a town in Haryana, India; place names of this kind do not establish how, or whether, the personal name developed.
How Popular is the Name Barara?
Barara has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1934. Its best rank was #3,476 in 1934.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | #7,126 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1948 | #5,298 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1940 | #4,412 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1934 | #3,476 | 7 | 0.0007% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Barara Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are seeking freedom, opportunities to enjoy life: to make love, to go places and to do things. You are very adventurous and willing to take risk to achieve your objectives. New ways and new experiences can't satisfy your restless nature. One adventure leads you to another. You are honest and fair, because you know that this is the only way to receive justice and honesty from other people. But your personal growth is vital for you, and it is difficult to be tied down by rules and obligations. Your restless spirit might best controlled by choosing the field of work that meet your demand for action and adventure.
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