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babel Name Meaning and History

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. German: variant of the personal name Babo, a name developed from baby talk, also a pet form of Paul.

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Distribution of babel Families in the US in 1920
Number of babel families
 14-26
 5-13
 1-4
 0
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