Babu Family History
- Babu Name Meaning
- Indian (Gujarat, Maharashtra, southern states): Hindu name meaning ‘father’, derived from Prakrit bappa, used as a respectful term of address for a man, also as a term of endearment for a male child. In Gujarat and Maharashtra the family name comes from the respectful term of address, while in the southern states the term of endearment evolved into a male given name, which is used as a family name among South Indians in the U.S.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 3,502 Historical Documents with Babu on Ancestry
- 1,797 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 272 Census and Voter Lists
- 928 Military Records
- 404 Immigration Records
- 101 Member Trees
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