Fun Facts About the Name Barbora

  • 5 babies named Barbora: U.S. records list 5 babies given the name Barbora from 1880 through 2025.

What Does the Name Barbora Mean?

Barbora is a Czech form of Barbara, a feminine name derived from the Greek adjective barbaros (βάρβαρος), which described a non-Greek speaker and, by extension, a foreigner. The Latin feminine form Barbara was understood to mean "foreign woman," the name's conventional meaning. The Greek root could also carry the negative sense "barbarous" or "uncivilized," but the personal name is traditionally glossed as "foreign woman."

Barbora Name History & Origins

The Latin Barbara was established in Christian Europe and took the form Barbora in Czech; Slovak uses the same spelling. The name is traditionally associated with Saint Barbara, a virgin martyr venerated in Eastern and Western Christianity; in the Western church her feast is observed on December 4. Czech diminutives include Bára and Barča. The same spelling, Barbora, is also used in Lithuanian.

How Popular is the Name Barbora?

Barbora 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 2001. Its best rank was #15,682 in 2001.

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.

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 Barbora 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.

Creative and outgoing, you are always looking for an opportunity to show your abilities, especially before audience. You are very flexible and like to feel appreciated. You are looking for chances to mix with others socially and to communicate your ideas. You like to talk and can easily relate to different cultures and concepts. The biggest challenge for you is uncertainty. Easily getting bored, you can move from one job to another, switch projects and lovers. The high creative force can lead you either to happiness or unhappiness. If you understand your goals, if you can make major decisions in life and follow it directly and straight up without worry and uncertainty, you are able to achieve great heights.

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