Forename Barbel

In all the world, Barbel (Barbel , Barbula , Барбель ) is a rare principally girly, but very infrequently boy's forename. The first name Barbel is characteristic of Aland Islands, where it is quite a common feminine name, Greece, where it is a rare female name, and Germany. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Germany, and South Africa. Also, Barbel is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Barbel

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Barbel	Germany, Indonesia, Spain, United States, France
Barbula	Germany, Romania, United States, Canada, Israel
Барбель	Ukraine

First names said to be same

Barbara, Barbe, Barbeau, Barbeel, Barbelé, Barbora, Barbus, Barbèl, Borbora, Bàrbara, Bàrbel, Bárbara, Bãrbel, Bärbel, Varvara, Warwara, Βαρβάρα, Барбара, Барбора, Барбра, Бербель, Борбора, Варвара, Варечка, Варя, ברבל, ברברה, باربرا, بربارة, ვარვარა, バ, バルテルミー, バーバラ, 巴贝尔, and 芭芭拉

First name Barbel in the context

Barbel is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bärbel Schmied , the fictional policewoman in the German television series Mord mit Aussicht, played by Meike Droste.

Notable namesakes

	barbel scianghetti American artist (born 1939), US (b. 1939)
	barbel oftring German biologist and nonfiction writer (b. 1962)
	barbel schinbeinin executed for witchcraft
	barbel crucke BE