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We all know her as Barbie, but the plastic doll has a full name, and it comes from a real life person. Her actual name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. According to Barbie Media, an official site for the toy brand, she was named after the co-creator Ruth Handler’s daughter. Even Ken was named after Handler's son, Kenneth. Handler, along with her husband, Elliot, started their company Mattel during World War II and originally would build and sell toy furniture, along with other plastic toys. The origin story of Barbie is detailed on PBS: The story is slightly different on History.com, where Handler reportedly found her daughter playing with make-believe paper dolls of adult women: Barbie was ultimately introduced to the world in March 1959 by Mattel during the New York Toy Fair. Ken was introduced to the world in 1961, and the rest, as they say, is history.
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