The first name Varvara

In 2025, 3 girls were named Varvara, making it the 5,927th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2021, with 6 births (#3,519).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Varvara with other names.

In 2025, 9 girls born in the United States were named Varvara, the 10,854th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2016, when 17 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Varvara Khanenko
  Collector of Ukrainian crafts (1852-1922)
• Saint Barbara
  Early Christian saint and martyr, from Nicomedia, 273–306
• Barbara von Krüdener
  Baltic German religious mystic and author (1764-1824)
• Bar Paly
  American actress, born 1982
• Barbare Jorjadze
  Georgian princess, author, and women's rights advocate, 1833–1895

• Lara
• Nadia
• Anya
• Vera
• Lana
• Natasha
• Sasha
• Olga
• Sonia
• Aleksandra
• Samara
• Irina
• Sonya
• Katia
• Natalya
• Asya

All 42 names of Russian origin

What does the name Varvara mean?

Borrowed from Russian Варва́ра (Varvára). Doublet of Barbara.

What is the origin of the name Varvara?

Borrowed from Russian Варва́ра (Varvára). Doublet of Barbara.

How popular is the name Varvara?

In 2025, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Varvara, ranking 5,927th. Its peak was 2021, with 6 births.

Is Varvara a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 192 US babies named Varvara since 1880 were girls.

When was Varvara most popular?

2016 in the United States, when 17 babies were named Varvara, its highest rank at 7,211th.