Varvara
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Varvara is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Varvara mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Belarusian, Macedonian, Russian, or Ukrainian female given name Варва́ра (Varvára).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Varvara a girl's or a boy's name?
Varvara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Varvara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Varvara, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Varvara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
How popular is Varvara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Varvara, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Varvara in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Varvara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Varvara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Anvika, Viha, Varnika, Saanvika, Hanvika, Divisha, Vihana, Advika, Akshara, Saanvi, Tanvika
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Varvara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/varvara, updated 20 October 2026.