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Barbara Williams

in the US

There are 3,523 people with the name "Barbara Williams" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Barbara	16
Williams	3
Barbara Williams	447

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 1st most common Smith
is 2nd most common Johnson
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 443rd most common Raymond Smith
is 444th most common Robert Robinson
is 445th most common M Brown
is 446th most common James Reed
is 447th most common Barbara Williams
is 448th most common Jose Ramos
is 449th most common William Adams
is 450th most common Donna Smith
is 451st most common Michael Robinson

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Meaning & History

Barbara

Williams

(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.