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