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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