Barra \b(ar)-ra\ as a boy's name (also used as girl's name Barra), is a variant of Finbar (Irish, Gaelic), and the meaning of Barra is "white or fair head". See also Barry.

The baby name Barra sounds like Barr, Bar, Barrie, Barrey, Berry, Barree, Bari, Baruj, Burr, Parr and Parry. Other similar baby names are Barrak, Barna, Barrat and Barrt.