Byzantine Greek origin
Source-reportedBorrowed from Old Church Slavonic Варвара (Varvara), borrowed from Byzantine Greek Βαρβάρα (Barbára). First attested in c. 1025–1050 within a birch-bark letter.
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- Wiktionary: ВаръвараCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
