# Barbara

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɑɹb(ə)ɹə/ · frequency rank #5,100

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Latin.
2. A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y".

## Etymology
* From Latin Barbara, the name of Saint Barbara, feminine form of barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “strange, foreign”). Doublet of Varvara.
* (logic): From the given name; chosen because it has three A's in it representing universal affirmatives.

## Easily confused with
- **barra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbara-vs-barra)
- **barber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbara-vs-barber)
- **Barbra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbara-vs-barbra)
- **Barnard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbara-vs-barnard)
- **Barbary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbara-vs-barbary)
- **barbaric** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbara-vs-barbaric)
- **barbarian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbara-vs-barbarian)
- **Baraka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baraka-vs-barbara)

## Common misspellings (10)
`abrbara`, `babrara`, `barabra`, `barbaar`, `barbarra`, `barbbara`, `barbraa`, `barrbara`, `bbarbara`, `brabara`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/barbara