Last name origins & meanings:
- English (chiefly Devon): probably from a Middle English
nickname, bab(e) ‘baby’, but possibly from the female personal
name Babb(e), a pet form of Barbara (see
Barbary), or the Old English personal name Babba, found
in several place names, including Babbacombe in Devon and Babington in
Somerset.
- Variant of German Bobb (see
Bob).
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