Barbara may refer to:

People

Barbara (given name) Barbara is a given name used in numerous languages. It is the feminine form of the Greek word ''barbaros'' () meaning "stranger" or "foreign". In Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox tradition, Saint Barbara (Greek language, Gree ...

* Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter *

Barbara (singer) Monique Andrée Serf (9 June 1930 – 24 November 1997), known as Barbara, was a French singer. She took her stage name from her grandmother, Varvara Brodsky, a native of Odesa, Ukraine. Barbara became a famous Cabaret, cabaretière in the late ...

(1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously as Barbara, Macedonian singer * Bárbara (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer

Film and television

* ''Barbara'' (1961 film), a West German film * ''Bárbara'' (film), a 1980 Argentine film * ''Barbara'' (1997 film), a Danish film directed by Nils Malmros, based on Jacobsen's novel * ''Barbara'' (2012 film), a German film * ''Barbara'' (2017 film), a French film * ''Barbara'' (TV series), a British sitcom

Places

* Barbara (Paris Métro), a metro station in Montrouge and Bagneux, France *

Barbaria (region) Barbaria was the name used by the ancient Greeks for coastal northeast Africa. The corresponding Arabic term, ''bilad al-Barbar'' (land of the Barbar), was used in the Middle Ages.Michael Peppard, "A Letter Concerning Boats in Berenike and Trad ...

, or al-Barbara, an ancient region in Northeast Africa * Barbara, Arkansas, U.S. *

Barbara, Gaza Barbara () was a Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Gaza Subdistrict located 17 km northeast of Gaza City, Gaza city, in the vicinity of modern Ashkelon. It had an entirely Arab popu ...

, a former Palestinian village near Gaza *

Barbara, Marche Barbara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,484 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statis ...

, a town in Italy * Berbara (disambiguation), or al-Barbara, Lebanon *

Berbara, Akkar District Berbara (Aakkar) () is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The population is mostly Alawite. History In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village as ''Burbarah'', located east of esh-Sheikh Mohammed. The inhabitants were Alawite ...

, a village in Lebanon *

Berbera Berbera (; , ) is the capital of the Sahil, Somaliland, Sahil region of Somaliland and is the main sea port of the country, located approximately 160 km from the national capital, Hargeisa. Berbera is a coastal city and was the former capital of t ...

(), Somalia

Print

* ''Bárbara'' (comics), an Argentine comic book series * ''Barbara'', a 1939 novel by Danish-writing Faroese author Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen * ''Major Barbara'' (play), a 1905 play by George Bernard Shaw

Music

* Barbara * ''Barbara'' (We Are Scientists album), 2010 * ''Barbara'' (Trixie Mattel album), 2020 * ''Barbara'', a 1996 album by Barbara * "Barbara" (The Beach Boys song), a song by Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys * "Barbarasong" ("Barbara Song"), from Weill's ''

The Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a 1928 German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, '' The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François V ...

'' * "Barbara", a 1927 song written by

Abner Silver Abner Silberman (28 December 1899 in New York City, New York, United States – 24 November 1966) as pen name Abner Silver, was an American songwriter who worked primarily during the Tin Pan Alley era of the craft. Career Usually composing the ...

* "Barbara", a 1977 song by Chris Roberts * "Barbara", a 1968 song by George Morgan * "Barbara", a 1960 song by

The Temptations The Temptations is an American vocal group formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1961 as The Elgins, known for their string of successful singles and albums with Motown from the 1960s to the mid-1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield ...

* "Barbara", a song by

Martin Mann Mario Löprich, better known by his stage name Martin Mann (born Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Aust ...

* "Barbara", a 1979 song by Enzo Carella

Ships

* , one of several merchant ships by that name * , more than one ship of the British Royal Navy * , a United States Navy patrol boat

Other

* ''Barbara'' (moth), a genus of moths * 234 Barbara, an asteroid * Barbara, a mnemonic devised by mediaeval scholasticism for a particular

syllogism A syllogism (, ''syllogismos'', 'conclusion, inference') is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true. In its earliest form (defin ...