Babic Family History

Croatian Serbian and Bosniak (Babić); Slovenian and Czech (Babič); Slovak (also Babič): metronymic patronymic or nickname from Croatian Serbian Bosnian Slovenian Czech and Slovak baba ‘(old) woman grandmother’ figuratively (for a man) ‘coward’; as a nickname it may denote someone thought to resemble an old woman or a child raised by his grandmother or a husband of an old woman.

Babić is the third most frequent surname in Croatia. Bosniak Serbian and Croatian (Babić): patronymic or nickname from Bosnian Serbian and Croatian babo ‘father’ a word derived from Turkish baba.