Barbro is a male/female given name in Scandinavia. The meaning of the name Barbro is 'wild', 'strange', 'foreign'. It may refer to:
Barbro Alving (1909–1987), Swedish journalist and writer
Barbro Feltzing (born 1945), Swedish Green Party politician, member of the Riksdag 1994–2002
Barbro Hietala Nordlund (born 1946), Swedish social democratic politician, member of the Riksdag 1994–1998 and 2001–2006
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (born 1921), Swedish film actress
Barbro Holmberg (born 1952), Swedish Social Democratic politician
Barbro Kollberg (born 1917), Swedish film actress
Barbro Lönnkvist, Swedish orienteering competitor
Barbro Lindgren (born 1937), Swedish children's books writer
Barbro Martinsson (born 1935), former Swedish cross country skier
Barbro Oborg (born 1941), Swedish actress
Barbro Osher (born 1940), the Swedish Consul General in San Francisco and philanthropist
Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick, American diplomat
Barbro Westerholm (born 1933), Swedish Liberal People's Party politician
Barbro-Lill Hætta-Jacobsen (born 1972), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party