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Worldwide, Babe (Babe , בייב , بايب) is quite a common epicene forename. The first name Babe is habitual in Mauritania, where it is quite a rare male name, Ethiopia, where it is a rare feminine name, and Georgia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, India, and Ethiopia. Likewise, Babe is the last name as well as the forename.
Babe is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Babe Smith , the fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders; Babe Carey , the character in the American soap opera All My Children; Babe , the operatic character in the opera Die Hochzeit des Jobs; Babe , the musical character in the musical The Cher Show and Babe , the musical character in the musical Oh, My Dear!, among other works.