BARBARA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene
Pronounced: BAHR-bahr-a (English), BAHR-bra (English), bahr-BAH-rah (Polish) [key]
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign". According to legend Saint Barbara was a young woman killed by her father Dioscorus, who was then killed by a bolt of lightning. She is the patron of architects, geologists, stonemasons and artillerymen.
2006-12-29 01:11:57
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answered by Da Balistic-T36 2
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The name Barbara come from the Hellene's ( Greek ) the word describes the first contact by Hellene's with the Persians, the dialogue sounded like birburrr ? so the Hellene's name them barbari . Later on the word barbari became a barbaric term for violence.
Barvaros Men - Barbara Women
2006-12-29 01:27:04
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answered by Nickolaos L 1
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BARBARA
Stranger , Foreigner
Origin: Greek
2006-12-29 01:57:20
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answered by Martha P 7
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go to google, type in the word "barbara, meaning of", it will give
you all the info you are looking for.
the name is of latin origin and means foreign woman.
2006-12-29 01:23:11
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answered by minka 3
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It has the same oigin as "barbaric" - foreign,etc. Bet you wish you'd never asked :-)
2006-12-29 02:34:43
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answered by JJ 7
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ezmerelda villa lobos: what's your name
butch: butch
ezmerelda: what's it mean?
butch: i'm american honey, our names don't mean sh*t.
2006-12-29 01:13:06
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answered by junebugger 2
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