Girl · Greek, through Latvian
Baiba
Say it: BIGH-bah
Meaning
A Latvian form of Barbara, from Greek barbaros 'foreign'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 5 babies given this name since 1953
- At its height in 1953, about 1 in 376,300 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Barbara |
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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