Barb

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning foreign or strange; a diminutive of Barbara.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Barb by the numbers

Its American peak was 493 babies in 1960, making it a 1960s name.

Other names that come from Barbara

Like Barb, each of these traces back to Barbara: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Barbaraforeign or strange292 in the US (2017)
  • Barbieforeign; a diminutive of Barbara29 in the US (2017)
  • Babettefather rejoices; a diminutive of Barbara
  • Barbraforeign or strange; a spelling variant of Barbara
  • Bobbyebright fame; a form of Barbara or Bobby

Names about as common as Barb

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