Barbara

American  

[bahr-bruh, -ber-uh] / ˈbɑr brə, -bər ə /

noun

1. a first name: from a Greek word meaning “foreign, exotic.”

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Example Sentences

Montecito firefighters and Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue found the hiker and transported her to the trailhead, according to the post.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

The club also celebrates Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners, by wearing a commemorative shirt every year during an early-December home match.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Lawmaker Reimont Luiz Otoni Santa Barbara has introduced the "Red Pill Bill," aimed at criminalizing content that he says promotes violence against women.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

In the Slate Plus bonus episode, Mark unpacks what went down during the birthright citizenship oral arguments at the Supreme Court with Evan Bernick, a co-author of a key amicus brief in the Barbara v.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

Eighteen-year-old Barbara Friedman remembered him “practically sobbing” on the phone that Sunday afternoon.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield