Barbara

Barbara [bahr-bruh, -ber-uh]is a female name used in many languages. It is the feminine form of the Greek word "barbaros", which in turn represents "foreign". In Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, "Barbara" means "barbarian" or "barbaric". The name remains among top 100 most popular for Chile and in Poland. The name was at #3 in the 1930s, though it has since declined. There are many celebrities under the name, including Barbara Stanwyck, Barbara Pierce Bush and Barbara Bates. "Barbara" also got used for several hurricanes in the Atlantic and many for the Eastern Pacific.