A proper name, most famously associated with American singer and actress Barbra Streisand.
A variation of 'Barbara,' from Greek 'barbaros' (foreign or strange). The name originally meant something like 'foreigner' in ancient Greek, later Christianized as the name of Saint Barbara.
Barbra (and Barbara) comes from 'barbaros,' the Greek word for 'foreign'—the same root that gives us 'barbarian.' Saint Barbara was venerated despite having a 'foreign' name, showing how ancient prejudices got Christianized and eventually became just normal names we use without knowing their origins.
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