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Throughout the world, באב (Bab , Babb , באב ) is quite a common gender-neutral given name. The first name באב is habitual in Mauritius, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Algeria, and Kuwait. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, Nigeria, and Algeria. More prevalently, באב is the last name as well as the forename.
באב is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bab El Ehr , the fictional character, The Adventures of Tintin.