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 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Barbara.