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Barbro
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Esperanto
Pronunciation
Proper noun
eo female Barbara Ancient Greek
Norwegian Bokmål
no:Barbro
Alternative forms
nb Barbo
Etymology
nb la Barbara, reshaped in Scandinavian. The Latin name is from nb grc Βαρβάρα, the feminine form of grc βάρβαρος foreign, non-Greek.
Compare sv Barbro female given name.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈbar.bru/
nb arbru 2
nb Bar bro
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female Latin Barbara
Usage notes
The Norwegian name day for nb Barbro is 4 December.“Barbro – kvinnenamn” in Store norske leksikon.
The name was historically most widespread in Oppland and Buskerud. Its use declined from the early 19th century, before increasing again from the 1960s and reaching a later peak in the 1970s.
Derived terms
nb Lilleba pet form also formed from other names
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, 1,148 women in Norway had nb Barbro as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.Table 10501: “Personer, etter jentenavn og guttenavn 2013–2025”, Statistics Norway.
References
Swedish
Etymology
Medieval vernacular form of the saint's name sv Barbara. First recorded in Sweden in 1484.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Barbro.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female Barbara
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistika centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 45 973 females with the given name Barbro living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.