Baby

Meaning of Baby

The appellation Baby, rooted in Middle English babe and ultimately deriving from the Old English term baba for an infant, occupies an unusual position within Anglo-American naming conventions as a formally recorded unisex given name. In the United States its usage has remained exceptionally rare, rising to a modest peak of 281 occurrences (rank 547) in 2000 before gradually diminishing to just six recorded instances (rank 918) in 2024. Pronounced BAY-bee (/ˈbeɪbi/), the name conveys overt associations of infancy, nascence and familial intimacy, and its intermittent adoption by parents reflects a broader contemporary tendency to valorize originality and affective resonance in naming practices.

Pronunciation

English

• Pronunced as BAY-bee (/ˈbeɪbi/)

• Babe
• Babette
• Babs
• Babita
• Babina
• Babushka