Babayi

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Babayi is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Iran.

rarermore common
  • AFAfghanistan
  • IRIran
  • GBUnited Kingdom

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Iran (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
12 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Babayi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Babayi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IR Iran—Babayi12
GB United Kingdom—Babayi4
AF Afghanistan—Babayi3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Babayi is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Afghanistan, Iran, Türkiye, Nigeria

    Also written Bābāyī

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Venezuela

    Also written Bābāyī

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bābāyī

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Babayi is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Filipino, alternative form of babae

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In bik, a woman; a female human

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In msb, female; woman; girl

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In hnn, woman; girl; female

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ubl, woman; female

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In akl, woman

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Ferenc Babai, b. 1742Brahim Babaï, b. 1936László Babai, b. 1950Shpëtim Babaj, b. 1981
  • Ferenc Babaib. 1742HUnot in their usual nameHungarian Jesuit, poet (1742-1778)
  • Brahim Babaïb. 1936TNnot in their usual nameTunisian film director and producer
  • László Babaib. 1950HUnot in their usual nameHungarian mathematician and computer scientist
  • Shpëtim Babajb. 1981ALnot in their usual nameAlbanian footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Babayi under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Babayi have the most bearers?
Babayi is most frequently recorded in Iran, where it is most often spelled babayi.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Babayi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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