Around the world, באבא (Baba 
, Bab , Bhabha 
) is a widespread principally masculine, but very seldom female first name. The first name באבא is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, where it is a common principally masculine, but scarcely feminine name, Gambia, where it is a common boy's name, and Cameroon, where it is quite a common largely boy's, but seldom female name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Nigeria, India, and Ghana. Also, באבא is the last name as well as the forename.
באבא is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Baba Yaga , the fictional supervillain in the comic book series Hellboy; Bab El Ehr , the fictional character, The Adventures of Tintin; Baba Looey , the American animated television character, The Quick Draw McGraw Show; Baba Mustapha , the operatic character in the opera Der Barbier von Bagdad by Peter Cornelius and Baba Dochia , the Romanian mythical figure, among other works.