Bara is a given name and a surname. As a masculine Arabic name, Bara ()براء) means "innocence". 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 (-1990), American film actress Theda Bara (1885–1955), American silent film actress Tina Bara (born 1962), German photographer See also Al-Bara ibn Azib (died 640), a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad Al-Bara' ibn `Azib (died 690), a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad Arabic masculine given names