Girl name origins & meanings
- Hebrew : To choose
Family name origins & meanings
- Southern Italian : probably a topographic name from Sicilian bharra ‘bar’, ‘barrier’ or a habitational name from a place named with this word.
- Galician : habitational name from places named Barra, in the provinces of Lugo and Ourense.
- Southern French : dialect variant of Barre.
- Hungarian : from the personal name Barna, short form of Barnabás, Hungarian equivalent of Barnaby.