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What does Barb mean?

Barb Pronunciation of Barb as a girls' name is of Latin origin, and Barb means "foreign woman". Barb is an alternate form of Barbara (Latin).

STARTS WITH Ba-

Variations

RELATIONS VIA BARBARA Bab, Baba, Babara, Babb, Babbie, Babe, Babs, Baibin, Barbar, Barbel, Barbera, Barbey, Barbi, Barbie, Barbora, Barbra, Barbro, Barby, Barra, Basha, Basia, Baubie, Bauby, Beba, Bebe, Berbya, Bibi, Bobbe, Bobbi, Bobby

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Barb Tiffany (B.T.), ..

How popular is Barb?

Barb is a very popular first name for women (#1188 out of 4276, Top 28%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#15146 out of 150436, Top 10%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Barb entered the list in 1950-1959 and reached its apex position of #697 in the U.S. during 1960-1969, but is not found in the list at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Barb name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Barb outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent varying forms of Barb are Babe, Barbara (#930 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Barbie, Barbra, Bebe, Bobbi and Bobby. Other variants, like Bab, are seldom used. These relations of Barb reached the peak of their popularity 78 years ago (USAGE OF 2.96%) and have become much less common since (USAGE 0.02%, DOWN 99%), with versions such as Bobbi becoming less in vogue.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Barb, Babe, Barbara, Barbie, Barbra in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Bebe, Bobbi, Bobby in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Barb and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Badr, Baja, Bali, Bama, Bambi, Bamby, Bao, Bara, Barah, Bari, Barri, Barry, Barta, Bat, Bay, Bera, Bert, Bird, Bora, Bri, Byrd and Darb. These names tend to be less frequently used than Barb.

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