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Love!
Love the two of them and love the name.
Barbara is not old and dated where I live and it’s what I plan to name my daughter if I ever have one. In my case it’s honoring, but I know plenty of children with this name where it’s just because of the saint or because the parents liked it.
Love the two of them and love the name.
Barbara is not old and dated where I live and it’s what I plan to name my daughter if I ever have one. In my case it’s honoring, but I know plenty of children with this name where it’s just because of the saint or because the parents liked it.
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The sonority and repetition(s) within the name "Barbara" convey strength, which either attracts with appeal or repels with disgust; however when spoken, as though in southern NY, the sound "Baubra" - softens and deepens into the inherent state of "exoticism", exemplified with the onomatopoeia.
Not a provable fact, but The legend of Saint Barbara is quite similar to the fairy tale, Rapunzel.
I love my name. Ladies love to call me Barbie because my personality is the exact opposite of those all-too-common connotations, so they spare no occasion to re-iterate my name when speaking.
Best of Luck for your future daughter. I have read on other name cites that folks are coming around to Barbara again, stating that it is exotic and sophisticated: we've had such bad press through the past twenty years or more!
Not a provable fact, but The legend of Saint Barbara is quite similar to the fairy tale, Rapunzel.
I love my name. Ladies love to call me Barbie because my personality is the exact opposite of those all-too-common connotations, so they spare no occasion to re-iterate my name when speaking.
Best of Luck for your future daughter. I have read on other name cites that folks are coming around to Barbara again, stating that it is exotic and sophisticated: we've had such bad press through the past twenty years or more!
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