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