Barb is a feminine given name, often a short form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

) of Barbara. It is also sometimes a surname.

People

Given name

* Barb Bellini (born 1977), Canadian retired volleyball player * Barbara Barb Bond (b. 1962), American former rugby union player, United States team captain in 1991 * Barbara

Barb Bunkowsky Barbara Bunkowsky-Scherbak (born October 13, 1958) is a Canadian professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She also played under her maiden name, Barb Bunkowsky, and her married name, Barb Scherbak. Bunkowsky played college golf at Flori ...

(born 1958), Canadian former LPGA golfer * Barbara

Barb Goodwin Barbara J. Goodwin (born January 25, 1949) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 41, which included portions of Anoka, H ...

(born 1949), American politician * Barb Haley (born 1963/64), American politician *

Barb Honchak Barbara Marie Honchak (born August 30, 1979) is a retired American professional female mixed martial artist. She is the first Invicta FC Flyweight Champion. She has four wins in the Invicta FC promotion and holds notable victories over Vanessa ...

(born 1979), American professional mixed martial artist *

Barb Jungr Barb Jungr (born 9 May 1954) is an English singer, songwriter and theatre writer, who has recorded versions of songs by Bob Dylan, Sting, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen and Leonard Cohen. Career Barb Jungr was born in Rochdale, Lancashire ...

(born 1954), English singer, songwriter, composer and writer *

Barbara Lindquist Barbara ("Barb") Metz Lindquist (born July 1, 1969, in Wilmington, Delaware) is a triathlete from the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a co ...

(born 1969), American triathlete * Barbara

Barb Miller Barbara Miller (born 1958 or 1959) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Red Deer-South. She was the president of the Red Deer a ...

(born 1958/59), Canadian politician *

Barb Mucha Barb Mucha (born December 1, 1961) is an American professional golfer. Mucha was born in Parma Heights, Ohio. She played college golf at Michigan State University. Prior to joining the LPGA Tour in 1987, Mucha won six events on the Futures Tour ...

(born 1961), American LPGA golfer * Barbara

Barb Spencer Barbara Spencer (born Barbara Jay Kirkness, February 14, 1966) is a Canadian curler from Sanford, Manitoba. Spencer is a former Canadian Junior champion and a three-time provincial champion. Career Spencer had a successful junior career, play ...

(born 1966), Canadian curler * Barb Tarbox (1961–2003), Canadian anti-smoking activist * Barb Whitehead (born 1961), American LPGA golfer * Barb Yarusso (born 1956), American politician

Surname

* Alphons Barb (1901-1979), Austrian-born academic, archaeologist, numismatist, museum director and author * Heinrich Alfred Barb (1826-1883), academic, university director, civil servant, interpreter and author, director of the Oriental Institute of Vienna

Nicknamed

Louis Barbarin Louis Barbarin (nickname Lil Barb; October 24, 1902 – May 12, 1997) was a New Orleans jazz drummer. Early life Barbarin was born in New Orleans on October 24, 1902. His father was Isidore Barbarin, and his brothers Paul, Lucien, and William all ...

(1902-1997), American jazz drummer nicknamed "Lil Barb"

Fictional characters

* Barbara "Barb" Holland, on the 2016 Netflix series ''

Stranger Things ''Stranger Things'' is an American science fiction horror drama television series created by the Duffer Brothers, who also serve as showrunners and are executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. Produced by Monkey Massacre Prod ...

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Barbara Henrickson Barbara "Barb" Dutton Henrickson is a character on HBO's ''Big Love'' portrayed by Jeanne Tripplehorn. Barb is the first wife of Bill Henrickson. Barb was raised in a traditional Mormon family, outside polygamy. Bill and Barb met while in colle ...

, on HBO's TV series ''Big Love'' * Barbara Royle, on the BBC comedy series

The Royle Family ''The Royle Family'' is a British sitcom produced by Granada Television for the BBC, which ran for three series from 1998 to 2000, and specials from 2006 to 2012. It centres on the lives of a television-fixated Manchester family, the Royles, com ...

; often referred to as "Barb" by her husband, Jim Royle. * Barbara Barb Leahey, on the Canadian TV series ''Trailer Park Boys'' *

Barb Barb or the BARBs or ''variation'' may refer to: People * Barb (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname * Barb, a term used by fans of Nicki Minaj to refer to themselves * The Barbs, a band Places * Barb, ...

, on the TV series ''Witches of East End'' * Queen Barb, from ''

Trolls World Tour ''Trolls World Tour'' (often named as ''Trolls 2: World Tour'') is a 2020 American computer-animated musical comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures, based on the Good Luck Trolls dolls created by ...

People

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