Meaning 
The name Barbie has the following meaning: This name means "foreign", but understandably when applied only in the Greek context, refers to anyone who does not speek Greek. There was a Christian martyr named Saint Barbara, who was the patroness of engineers and architects. The name reached such great heights of popularity in the 19th to 20th centuries that today, it remains strongly identified with that particular era. Today, the name is well associated with Barbra Streisand, an extremely successful singer-entertainer.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.
Popularity 
As a baby girl name, Barbie is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Barbie in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Barbie and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Barbie: Boys - Ambrose, Basil, Cyril, Girls - Agatha, Charis, Charissa, Cleta, Daphne, Eulalia, Exie, Lexus, Mallie, Melanie, Melina, Melody, Narella, Niobe, Salina, Both genders - Lois, Margaret
Variants 
The name Barbie is a variant of Barbara. Other popular variants of the name Barbara are: Baba, Babara (Hawaiian), Babette (French), Barabal (Scottish), Barb (English), Barbe, Barbee, Barbi, Barbie (English), Barbika (Nordic), Barbra (English), Basha, Bobbi, Borbala (Hungarian)
Style 
We think the name Barbie should fall under the following style category: Classics. See other Classics girl names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Barbie to be: A nice woman who has average personalityIn one word, you might describe Barbie as a(n) " nice" person. See other "nice" names for girls.
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