First names in Hebrew

First name Barbara: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ברברה

Gematria value: 409

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Barbara is written ברברה

Meaning and origin

What does Barbara mean?

Meaning: "the foreigner"
Origin: Greek

Barbara comes from the Greek barbaros, "foreign": to the Greeks, a "barbarian" was one whose language sounded like a stammer, "bar-bar". The word did not at first have the harsh meaning it took later. Barbara was among the top American girls' names in the 1930s and 1940s.

Gematria

Barbara = 409

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. ברברה has 5 letters:

• בthe letter Bet2
• רthe letter Resh200
• בthe letter Bet2
• רthe letter Resh200
• הthe letter He5
• Total409

The verse of the name

From the letter Bet to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Barbara, from ב to ה:

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה בָּעִיר וּבָרוּךְ אַתָּה בַּשָּׂדֶה׃

“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.”

Deuteronomy 28:3

The book of your first name

Barbara, in nine pages

• Barbara, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Barbara
• Barbara, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Barbara in three answers

How do you write Barbara in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Barbara is written ברברה.

What is the gematria value of Barbara?
Written ברברה, Barbara is worth 409: the letter Bet (2) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter He (5).

What does Barbara mean?
The foreigner (origin: Greek). Barbara comes from the Greek barbaros, "foreign": to the Greeks, a "barbarian" was one whose language sounded like a stammer, "bar-bar". The word did not at first have the harsh meaning it took later. Barbara was among the top American girls' names in the 1930s and 1940s.