The babel Surname
babel Name Meaning and History
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German or Polish Babel ‘Babylon’ (which was named with the Assyrian elements bab ‘gate’ + ilu ‘god’). The Jewish people were held in captivity in Babylon from 597 to about 538 bc, and the name was sometimes adopted with reference to being an oppressed minority in a foreign culture.
- French: from a medieval personal name bestowed in honor of St. Babylas, a 3rd-century Christian patriarch of Antioch, whose name is of uncertain origin.
- German: variant of the personal name Babo, a name developed from baby talk, also a pet form of Paul.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| babels | mike bremseth | 14 |
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| BABEL, Nadine b. 1921 of Curry Co., OR m. John W. MCWILLIAMS b. 1916 |
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| Babel ancestry | Stephen G.Babel, MD | 26 |
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| Babel, Cincinnati OH |
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| babel-posey-gill-fournier of michigan | kerry | 1 |
| Babel from Youngstown, Oh. | Diane Butler | 0 |
| St. Clair Co. MI Babel's are from Bavaria |
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