Bärbel is a
German-language
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a ...
feminine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
, often a diminutive or variant of the name
Barbara.
Individuals bearing the name Bärbel include:
*
Bärbel Bas
Bärbel Bas (; born 3 May 1968) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as the President of the Bundestag since 2021. She has been a member of the German Bundestag since the federal election in 2009. She served ...
(born 1968), German politician
*
Bärbel Bendiks, East German rower
*
Bärbel Beuermann (born 1955), German politician
*
Bärbel Bohley
Bärbel Bohley (24 May 1945 – 11 September 2010) was an East German opposition figure and artist.
Biography
As an artist, Bohley won prizes from the authorities, including a trip to the Soviet Union. Her opposition to the government did n ...
(1945–2010), East German dissident and artist
*
Bärbel Broschat (born 1957), East German hurdler
*
Bärbel Dieckmann
Bärbel Dieckmann ( Pritz, born 26 March 1949) is a German politician who was elected mayor of Bonn in 1994 and was in office until 2009. She is the first woman and Social Democrat to become mayor of Bonn.
Early life and education
The daughter ...
(born 1949), German politician
*
Bärbel Fuhrmann
Bärbel Fuhrmann (after 1962 von Fircks, born 29 March 1940), is a retired German swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
She won her Olympic medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay with her united German team mates I ...
(born 1940), German swimmer
*
Bärbel Graf, East German high jumper
*
Bärbel Grimmer (born 1945), East German swimmer
*
Bärbel Höhn
Bärbel Höhn (born 4 May 1952) is a German politician for Alliance '90/The Greens. She was elected to the Bundestag in the 2005 national elections, after serving as State Minister of Agriculture of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1995 to 2005.
Earl ...
(born 1952), German politician
*
Bärbel Hönisch (born 1974), German paleoceanographer, paleoclimatologist, author, and professor
*
Bärbel Inhelder
Bärbel Elisabeth Inhelder (15 April 1913 – 17 February 1997) was a Swiss psychologist most known for her work under psychologist and epistemologist Jean Piaget and their contributions toward child development.
Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, ...
(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
Bärbel Schäfer (born 16 December 1963 in Bremen) is a German television presenter and talk show host.
Life
Schäfer works in Germany as television presenter and talk show host. In 2004 Schäfer married Michel Friedman in Eschborn, only short ...
(born 1963), German television presenter and talk show host
*
Bärbel Struppert (born 1950), East German sprinter
*
Bärbel Wartenberg-Potter
Bärbel Wartenberg-Potter (also known as Bärbel von Wartenberg-Potter) (born 1943) is a German theologian. After serving as director over programs for women and children with the World Council of Churches, teaching theology in Jamaica, and servi ...
(born 1943), German theologian
*
Bärbel Wöckel
Bärbel Wöckel ( Eckert; born 21 March 1955 in Leipzig) is a retired East German sprinter. She never ran a world record in the individual disciplines. However, she ran several world records as part of relay teams with Doris Maletzki ...
(born 1955), East German sprinter
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barbel
Feminine given names
German feminine given names