Barbora Explained

Barbora (in Czech ˈbarbora/; in Slovak ˈbarbɔra/) is a Czech and Slovak female given name. It was derived from the Greek word barbaros (Greek, Modern (1453-);: βαρβαρος) meaning "foreign", a variant of "Barbara". It is the 36th most popular given name in the Czech Republic (as of 2007).^[1] Notable people with the name include:

• Barbora Bobuľová (born 1974), Slovak actress
• Barbora Bukovská, Czech-Slovak human rights attorney
• Barbora Dibelková (born 1983), Czech race walker
• Barbora Kodetová (born 1970), Czech actress
• Barbora Krejčíková (born 1995), Czech tennis player
• Barbora Rezlerová-Švarcová (1890–1941), Slovak feminist and communist journalist
• Barbora Schacková (1873/4–1958), Sudeten German politician
• Barbora Seemanová (born 2000), Czech swimmer
• Barbora Silná (born 1989), Czech-Austrian ice dancer
• Barbora Špotáková (born 1981), Czech javelin thrower
• Barbora Štefková (born 1995), Czech tennis player
• Barbora Strýcová (born 1986), Czech tennis player

See also

• Barbara (given name)
• Varvara (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frequency of Czech feminine names. Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic. xls . cs. June 6, 2007. October 13, 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110607120147/http://www.mvcr.cz/sprava/informat/cetnost/2007/jmena_zeny/cet_jmena_zeny_vsechny.xls. June 7, 2011.