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Barbara Davis

in the US

There are 2,825 people with the name "Barbara Davis" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Barbara	16
Davis	7
Barbara Davis	706

is 12th most common Patricia
is 13th most common Mark
is 14th most common Linda
is 15th most common Paul
is 16th most common Barbara
is 17th most common Daniel
is 18th most common Donald
is 19th most common Jennifer
is 20th most common Susan

is 3rd most common Williams
is 4th most common Brown
is 5th most common Jones
is 6th most common Miller
is 7th most common Davis
is 8th most common Anderson
is 9th most common Wilson
is 10th most common Taylor
is 11th most common Thomas

is 702nd most common Maria Mendoza
is 703rd most common Jorge Rodriguez
is 704th most common James Murray
is 705th most common John Murray
is 706th most common Barbara Davis
is 707th most common Walter Smith
is 708th most common Bruce Smith
is 709th most common Maria Chavez
is 710th most common William Collins

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Meaning & History

Barbara

Davis

(female) From Latin, meaning ‘foreign woman’ (a feminine form of barbarus ‘foreign’, from Greek, referring originally to the unintelligible chatter of foreigners, which sounded to the Greek ear like no more than bar-bar). St Barbara has always been one of the most popular saints in the calendar, although there is some doubt whether she ever actually existed. According to legend, she was imprisoned in a tower and later murdered by her father, who was then struck down by a bolt of lightning. Accordingly, she is the patron of architects, stonemasons, and fortifications, and of firework makers, artillerymen, and gunpowder magazines.

Variant: Barbra (a modern contracted spelling, as in the case of the singer, actress, and film director Barbra Streisand, b. 1942).

Short form: Barb (mainly North American, informal).

Pet forms: Barbie, Babs, Babette.