Bärbel

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 Röhl (born 1950), German actress
 * 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