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HelpA pitch for my own - and what a Pitch! (Ha Ha Ha)
The name Barbara is much older than Barbara Billingsly, Barbara Walters, and Barbara Bush. This name is a solid classic and not a flimsy, supercilious trend.
Barbara in any spelling variation is special through its heritage: through the legend of Saint Barbara, with her ties to the Rapunzel Tale. It is a Classical name - reaching back through the Middle Ages, notably in the Roman Civilization and beginning at the Grecian civilization. Intolerant Greeks originally used the name to imitate the sounds of those who did not speak their language; eventually it began to describe those who did not follow customs of Greece and eventually those of Rome - or the conventions of any given land. As Grecians traded with other civilizations - including the Persians, Egyptians, Romans, Phoenicians, and the Scythians: the name began to signify "beautiful, mysterious stranger", as popularity increased, spreading through neighboring, though still distant cultures.
The sound strength may seem brutal when the accents are not spoken to preference. The original intention "behind the name" sought mockery, and the onomatopoeia exemplifies this, yet further subjects this enduring classic to popularity trends--trends which it defines yet eventually defies. Children will learn to love it, as I have recently. There are numerous nick-names which soften it, like Barbie or even Barbs, either of which I adore and some folks still call me, this forty-not so much of-something guy, to this day.
I apologize - I am a guy with a name commonly associated with that of ladies. I found a new appreciation for my name, recently dropping the middle "a", and in my excitement, joined this site: but found harsh criticism recently posted against it. I apologize for rooting too much for my own. I am uncertain whether this belongs in another area of the site; I apologize if it does.
Barbara in any spelling variation is special through its heritage: through the legend of Saint Barbara, with her ties to the Rapunzel Tale. It is a Classical name - reaching back through the Middle Ages, notably in the Roman Civilization and beginning at the Grecian civilization. Intolerant Greeks originally used the name to imitate the sounds of those who did not speak their language; eventually it began to describe those who did not follow customs of Greece and eventually those of Rome - or the conventions of any given land. As Grecians traded with other civilizations - including the Persians, Egyptians, Romans, Phoenicians, and the Scythians: the name began to signify "beautiful, mysterious stranger", as popularity increased, spreading through neighboring, though still distant cultures.
The sound strength may seem brutal when the accents are not spoken to preference. The original intention "behind the name" sought mockery, and the onomatopoeia exemplifies this, yet further subjects this enduring classic to popularity trends--trends which it defines yet eventually defies. Children will learn to love it, as I have recently. There are numerous nick-names which soften it, like Barbie or even Barbs, either of which I adore and some folks still call me, this forty-not so much of-something guy, to this day.
I apologize - I am a guy with a name commonly associated with that of ladies. I found a new appreciation for my name, recently dropping the middle "a", and in my excitement, joined this site: but found harsh criticism recently posted against it. I apologize for rooting too much for my own. I am uncertain whether this belongs in another area of the site; I apologize if it does.
This message was edited 8/18/2015, 6:25 PM
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