Bara (name)

Bara is a given name and a surname. As a masculine Arabic name, Bara (براء) means "innocence". As a feminine Old Norse name, Bára means wave.

Given name

 * Bara Mamadou Ndiaye (born 1991), Senegalese football player in Turkey
 * Bára Nesvadbová (born 1975), Czech writer and journalist

Surname

 * Ali Hadi Bara (1906–1971), Turkish sculptor
 * Céline Bara (born 1978), French pornographic film actress
 * Edgar Bara (1876–1962), French mandolin player, author and composer
 * Guy Bara (1923–2003), Belgian comic artist
 * Irina Maria Bara (born 1995), Romanian tennis player
 * Johan Bara (1581–1634), Dutch painter, designer and engraver
 * John Bara (born 1926), American politician
 * Joseph Bara (1779–1793), French drummer boy mythologised by the French First Republic
 * Jules Bara (1835–1900), Belgian liberal politician
 * Margit Bara (1928–2016), Hungarian film actress
 * Nina Bara (c. 1920-1990), American film actress
 * Theda Bara (1885–1955), American silent film actress
 * Tina Bara (born 1962), German photographer