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Baba

English diminutive of Barbara, Greek
"foreign woman"
Linda Rosenkrantz
By Linda Rosenkrantz
Updated Wed Feb 18 2026

Baba Origin and Meaning

Variation of Barbara

Famous People Named Baba

  • Abdul "Baba" Rahman
    Ghanaian male footballer
  • Baba Ishak
    male Turkish revolutionary
  • Baba Jan
    male Pakistani activist
  • Baba Nobuharu
    male Japanese samurai
  • Mary Liliane Matilda "Baba"
    Baroness d'Erlanger, style icon of the 1920s
  • Barbara "Baba" Beaton
    20th,century English socialite, sister of Cecil Beaton

The name Baba in Pop Culture

  • "Baba O'Riley
    " song by The Who
  • Baba
    word for "grandmother" or "father" in some languages
  • Baba
    an honorific title in parts of India

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