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Babe Family History

This unusual and interesting surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Babba", of uncertain etymology, but perhaps a nursery name from a child's babbling; the name is found as an element in several placenames, including Babbacombe in Devon and Babington in Somerset. Another source says that the surname may be derived from the medieval female given name "Babb", a pet form of Barbara, from the Latin "barbarus", the Greek "barbaros", foreign(er), or a nickname meaning "baby".