skyesspot 0 #1 April 17, 2003 Sort of. The Barbie doll was named after Barbie Handler, daughter of Ruth Handler, who conceived of the doll. Ruth noticed that her daughter liked to play with adult paper dolls far more than she did her baby dolls. So she designed an adult doll for little girls to dress in different fashions. She based "Barbie" in part on an already-existing European doll named "Bild Lili." The Lili doll was itself based on a rather lewd 1952 Bild Lili cartoon in Germany. Later, Ruth Handler created a male doll to sell alongside Barbie and named it after her son, Ken. Barbie's full name, in case you're interested, is Barbie Millicent Roberts. hmmmm.....Life is too short. Don't sweat the small stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
