Fun Facts About the Name Barby
- 155 babies named Barby: U.S. records list 155 babies given the name Barby from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Barby Mean?
Barby is a feminine given name usually treated as a variant spelling of Barbie, a pet form of Barbara. Barbara derives from the Latin name Barbara, which comes from the Greek word barbaros (βάρβαρος). That word originally described a non-Greek speaker and came to mean "foreign" or "barbarian." The literal sense is "foreign" or "barbarian"; the customary meaning of the name is "foreign woman" or "stranger." As a pet form, Barby has no separate etymology of its own and shares the meaning of Barbara.
Barby Name History & Origins
The name Barby belongs to the English family of pet forms of Barbara. Barbie is a diminutive formed with the familiar -ie ending, and Barby respells that ending with -y, a common pattern in English affectionate names. Barbara was the name of an early Christian martyr remembered in tradition as Saint Barbara, and the name's use in Christian Europe is associated with her cult. The spelling Barby also occurs as a place name and surname, but those uses do not establish a separate origin for the feminine given name.
How Popular is the Name Barby?
Barby 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 1959. Its best rank was #3,631 in 1959.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | #11,995 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #7,362 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #7,234 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #7,085 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #5,492 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1966 | #5,855 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #6,062 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #4,289 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1962 | #5,337 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1961 | #5,899 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1959 | #3,631 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1958 | #5,450 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #3,715 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1956 | #3,928 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #4,690 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1952 | #3,828 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1949 | #4,712 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #4,702 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #4,790 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #5,006 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1944 | #4,619 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #4,156 | 6 | 0.0004% |
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 Barby 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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