Baba (name)

Baba can be a surname in a few cultures such as Japanese, Assyrian, Russian, etc. It is also a nickname for father in a few languages. Baba also translates to "father" in the Arabic and Shona languages. Note, in various Slavic languages "baba" means an [old] lady (as in diminutive variation babushka).

First name

Nickname

  • Raila Odinga (born 1945), Kenyan politician and 2nd Prime Minister of Kenya (2008–2013)
  • Sanjay Dutt (born 1959), Indian film actor and producer
  • Starina Novak (c.1530–1601), a Serbian hajduk, also known as "Baba Novac" ("Old Novak") in Romanian
  • Usnan Batubara (born 1971) a.k.a Ucok Baba, an Indonesian actor and comedian, Baba is a acronym word, it means of Batubara, who comes from the Batak Angkola clan tribe

Surname

Honorific

The following have adopted the honorific Baba:

  • Baba Ram Das (1931–2019), born Richard Alpert, American spiritual teacher and psychologist
  • Baba Ramdevji (1352–1385), a Hindu ruler venerated as a folk deity in Gujarat and Rajasthan
  • Baba Bulleh Shah (1680–1757), a Punjabi philosopher and Sufi poet
  • Demir Baba, a 16th-century Alevi saint
  • Gül Baba (died 1541), an Ottoman Bektashi dervish poet
  • Meher Baba (1894-1969), born Merwan Sheriar Irani, Indian guru
  • Otman Baba (c.1378 – 8 Receb 1478), a dervish traveling throughout the Ottoman Empire
  • Rehman Baba (1632–1706), an Afghan Sufi Dervish and poet
  • Sai Baba of Shirdi (c.1838–1918), Indian guru
  • Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011), born Sathya Narayana Raju, Indian guru purporting to be a reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi
  • Sersem Ali Baba, a 16th-century Ottoman dervish

See also

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