Varvara Petrovna Stavrogina is the name of a character in Fyodor Dostoevsky's book "Demons." She is a wealthy older lady whose son is the primary character in the novel.
Princess Varvara is a one-chapter character in L.M. Montgomery's book Magic for Marigold. Non-fictional bearers of this name were : Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarine (1762–1802)