Bärbel

Bärbel is a German-language feminine given name, often a diminutive or variant of the name Barbara.

Bärbel

Gender	Female
Language(s)	German
Name day	4 December
Origin
Region of origin	German-speaking areas
Other names
Derived	From barbaros (Greek: βάρβαρος) meaning "strange" or "foreign"
Related names	Barbara

Individuals bearing the name Bärbel include:

• Bärbel Bas (born 1968), German politician
• Bärbel Bendiks, East German rower
• Bärbel Beuermann (born 1955), German politician
• Bärbel Bohley (1945–2010), East German dissident and artist
• Bärbel Broschat (born 1957), East German hurdler
• Bärbel Dieckmann (born 1949), German politician
• Bärbel Fuhrmann (born 1940), German swimmer
• Bärbel Graf, East German high jumper
• Bärbel Grimmer (born 1945), East German swimmer
• Bärbel Höhn (born 1952), German politician
• Bärbel Hönisch (born 1974), German paleoceanographer, paleoclimatologist, author, and professor
• Bärbel Inhelder (1913–1997), Swiss psychologist
• Bärbel Jungmeier (born 1975), Austrian road cyclist and mountain bike rider
• Bärbel Kampmann (1946–1999), German psychologist, writer, and civil servant
• Bärbel Kofler (born 1967), German politician
• Bärbel Koribalski (born 1964), German astronomer
• Bärbel Körner, West German slalom canoeist
• Bärbel Köster (born 1957), East German sprint canoer
• Bärbel-Maria Kurth (born 1954), German statistician and epidemiologist
• Bärbel Löhnert (born 1942), East German long jumper
• Bärbel Martin (born 1940), West German figure skater
• Bärbel Mayer (born 1935), East German sprinter
• Bärbel Mohr (1964–2010), German author
• Bärbel Podeswa (born 1946), East German hurdler
• Bärbel Richter, East German slalom canoeist
• Bärbel Schäfer (born 1963), German television presenter and talk show host
• Bärbel Struppert (born 1950), East German sprinter
• Bärbel Wartenberg-Potter (born 1943), German theologian
• Bärbel Wöckel (born 1955), East German sprinter