The name of a 3rd C saint, one of the fourteen Holy Helpers, important in both the western and eastern churches; a 15th C Holy Roman Empress, and a 16th C queen of Poland.
The name was never common in the early Middle Ages.
- Belgium
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- Dutch
- ● 1597x1598 Barbara BoonenGes p. 327
- ◑ 1597x1598 Barbe BoonenGes p. 355,
Barbele ibid. p. 335,
Barbelen ibid. p. 348,
Berbel ibid. p. 385
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1559 Barbara (nom) StMartF p. 60;
1572 Barbara (nom) Reg-KirkElla p. 8;
1579 Barbara (nom) ibid. p. 9;
1579/80 Barbara (nom) ibid. p. 9;
1584 Barbara (nom) RegBeb p. 25;
1589/90 Barbara (nom) ibid. p. 30;
1590 Barbera (nom) ibid. p. 140;
1597/8 Barbera (nom) ibid. p. 37;
1598 Barbara (nom) ibid. p. 145
- Dutch
- ● 1579 Barbara AuFr Marquinas;
1582 Barbara ibid. Grande;
1585 Barbara ibid. Wachter;
1591 Barbara ibid. Martens;
1594 Barbara ibid. Beck
- ◑ 1571 Barbel AuFr p. 89;
1573 Barbelken ibid. p. 89;
1582 Baijken ibid. p. 88;
1594 Barbelken ibid. p. 91;
1597 Barbel ibid. p. 89
- Early Modern English
- ● 1530 Barbara LIWill-III p. 21;
1542 Barbary RegIng p. 2;
1556 Barbary ibid. p. 4,
StAnthonlin p. 11;
1559 Barbara bruton1 p. 30;
1561 Barbara ibid. p. 111;
1563 Barbery StAnthonlin p. 15;
1566 Barbara bruton1 p. 4;
1567 Barbara HAmar-vol9 p. 116;
1568 Barbara bruton1 p. 5;
1570 Barbara ibid. p. 39;
1571 Barbara ibid. p. 113;
1572 Barbery StAnthonlin p. 22;
1573 Barbery ibid. p. 23;
1574 Barbara bruton1 p. 41;
1578 Barbara HAmar-vol9 p. 92;
1581 Barbara ibid. p. 3,
Barbery StAnthonlin p. 28;
1582 Barbara DEmar-vol2 p. 8,
Barbaray RegPat p. 34;
1583 Barbara ibid. p. 35,
SurMus p. 181,
bruton1 p. 45;
1584 Barbarey Bar-in-El p. 25;
1585 Barbary ibid. p. 14;
1588 Barbara HAmar-vol9 p. 92;
1590 Barbara DEmar-vol2 p. 20,
bruton1 p. 50,
Barbarai RegPat p. 38,
Barbary OrpingtonKe p. 8;
1591 Barbara DEmar-vol2 p. 23,
RegBath p. 9,
RegPat p. 38;
1591/2 Barbara ibid. p. 39;
1591 Barbarai ibid. p. 38;
1592/3 Barbara ibid. p. 39;
1592 Barbara ibid. p. 39,
Barbaray ibid. p. 4;
1593 Barbara HAmar-vol9 p. 116,
Barbary RegPat p. 39;
1594 Barbara DEmar-vol2 p. 29,
RegPat p. 40,
bruton1 p. 53;
1595 Barbara HAmar-vol9 p. 3,
bruton1 p. 54;
1596 Barbara DEmar-vol2 p. 34;
1597/8 Barbara RegPat p. 41;
1597 Barbara bruton1 p. 11,
Barbarai RegPat p. 41;
1598 Barbara HAmar-vol9 p. 93,
RegPat p. 114,
Barbarai ibid. p. 114;
1599 Barbara DEmar-vol2 p. 40,
RegPat p. 42,
Barbary OrpingtonKe p. 9
- Middle French
- ◑ 1568 barbe WCS p. 4,
barbee ibid. p. 4;
1569 Barbe ibid. p. 40;
1570/1 Barbe ibid. p. 6;
1571 barbe ibid. p. 40;
1572 barbe ibid. p. 7;
1575 Barbe ibid. p. 11;
1577 barbe ibid. p. 13;
1586 Barbe ibid. p. 20
- Walloon
- ◑ 1581/2 Barbe RWC p. 562;
1582 Barbe ibid. p. 563;
1583/4 Barbe ibid. p. 437;
1583 Barbe ibid. p. 7;
1584 Barbe ibid.;
1590/1 Barbe ibid. p. 16;
1591/2 Barbe ibid. p. 563;
1591 Barbe ibid. p. 563;
1592 Barbe ibid. p. 22;
1593 Barbe ibid. p. 564;
1594 Barbe ibid. p. 34;
1595 Barbe ibid. p. 36;
1597 Barbe ibid. p. 45;
1599 Barbe ibid. p. 52
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1524x1532 Barbala (nom) Saareste1923b p. 139
- ◑ 1524x1532 Barbar (nom) Saareste1923b p. 138
- France
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- Middle French
- ◑ 1562 Barbe RegPCC-1 p. 8;
1563 Barbe ibid. p. 41;
1564 Barbe ibid. p. 67;
1565 Barbe ibid. p. 114;
1566 Barbe ibid. p. 223;
1567 Barbe ibid. p. 310;
1568 Barbe ibid. p. 380;
1570 Barbe ibid. p. 426,
Berbe ibid. p. 434;
1571 Barbe ibid. p. 438;
1572 Barbe ibid. p. 490
- Germany
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- Early New High German
- ● 1403 Barbara (gen) mairhofer DCLXXIV;
1497 Barbara Nurn1497 70
- ◑ 1497 Barb Nurn1497 1793
- Hungary
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- Latin
- ● 1308 Barbara (nom) Slíz p. 43, s.n. Barbara;
1312 Barbara (nom) ibid. p. 43, s.n. Barbara
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1368 Barbara (acc) Livi 230/231
- Latvia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1460x1465 Barbara Mettig1892 p. 5;
1461 Barbara ibid. p. 11;
1462 Barbare ibid. p. 11;
1510 Barbara ibid. p. 5;
1515 Barbara ibid. p. 7;
1516 Barbara ibid. p. 6;
1545 Barbara Arbusow p. 99;
1549 Barbara ibid. p. 100;
1558 Barballa Arbuzov1920 p. 46
- ◑ 1510 Barbar Mettig1892 p. 11;
1511 Barbar ibid. p. 5;
1515 Barbar ibid. p. 7;
1523 Barbar Arbusow p. 99
- Scotland
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- Scots
- ● 1538 Barbara PGB;
1565 Barbara ibid.
- Spain
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- Catalan
- ● 1510 Barbera valencia1510 4049
- Spanish
- ● 1576 Barbola Catalogo-5.2 3936
- Wales
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- Latin
- ● 1582 Barbara (nom) RegCon1 p. 37
Cite as: A. Brown, R. Le Get, M. Slíz, S.L. Uckelman. "Barbara". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Barbara.