Name

Name BABY

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 45,036 births of Baby in the countries below, which represents an average of 324 births of children bearing the first name Baby per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 43 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Baby
In Italiano

Nome Baby

Information about the first name Baby

The first name Baby is listed in our categories :

Names of French cities
Baby

The first name Baby has been assigned to:

55.84% to boys
44.16% to girls

The country where the first name Baby is the most common is:

Ontario

This first name is on trend: Both (Unisex)

This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Baby

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Baby : Abby, Baby"

Baby in Japanese ^*

Romaji	babii
Katakana	バビー
Hiragana	ばびー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Baby in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Baby

English

Etymology

From Middle English babee, babi (“baby”), from babe (“babe, baby”), equivalent to babe +‎ -y/-ie (“endearing and diminutive suffix”).

Adjective

baby (not comparable) (used only before the noun)
Of a child: very young; of the age when he or she would be termed a baby or infant.
a baby boy
Of an animal: young.
a baby elephant
Intended for babies.
baby clothes
(of vegetables, etc.) Picked when small and immature (as in baby corn, baby potatoes).

Anagrams

Abby

Derived terms

Pages starting with “baby”.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: bā'bē, IPA(key): /ˈbeɪbi/
Rhymes: -eɪbi

Related terms

babe

Adjective (Synonyms)

(very young, of a child): little

Adjective (Usage notes)

When referring to a human baby (as per noun sense 1 above) the usual practice is to treat 'human' as the adjective and 'baby' as the noun.

Noun (See also)

gamete, zygote, morula, blastocyst, embryo, fetus

Noun (Synonyms)

(young human being): babe, babby, babbie, infant, see also Thesaurus:baby
(young animal): see Thesaurus:youngling
(immature or infantile person): big baby
(term of endearment): love, see also Thesaurus:sweetheart

French

Etymology

From English

Noun

baby m (plural babys)
table soccer, table football
baby, darling, sweetheart

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ba.bi/

General

Noun

baby m (definite singular babyen, indefinite plural babyer, definite plural babyene)
a baby

Spanish

Noun

baby m (plural babys)
baby

Slovak

Noun

baby
inflection of baba:
genitive singular
nominative/accusative plural

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ˈbabi]

Interlingua

Noun

baby
baby

Noun (Synonyms)

bebe

Polish

Noun

baby f
inflection of baba:
genitive singular
nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈba.bɨ/

Italian

Etymology

From Italian baby.

Adjective

baby (invariant)
For use by young children
Very young

Noun

baby m (invariable)
child, baby, neonate
a small shot of whisky
tripod for a film camera

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈbe.bi/

Dutch

Noun

baby m (plural baby's or babies, diminutive baby'tje n)
baby (infant)
Synonym: zuigeling

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈbeːbi/
Hyphenation: ba‧by

Noun (Derived terms)

babyboom
babyface
babyfoon
babykleding
babykleren
babyluier
babypoeder
babyshampoo

Finnish

Alternative forms

beibi

Noun

baby
baby (term of endearment)
baby (very young human)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈbei̯bi/, [ˈbe̞i̯bi]
IPA(key): /ˈbɑby/, [ˈbɑby] (rare)

Noun (Declension)

This spelling should preferably be used in nominative only as it does not fit into any standard inflection scheme.

Noun (Synonyms)

(very young human) vauva
(term of endearment) kulta

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English baby.

Noun (Synonyms)

spædbarn

German

Etymology

Mid-19th-century borrowing from English baby. The use as a term of endearment is a later borrowing from late-20th-century pop culture; it remains far commoner in pop music than in real life.

Noun

Baby n (genitive Babys, plural Babys or Babies, diminutive Babychen n or Babylein n)
baby (infant)
Synonym: Säugling
(music or slang) baby (term of endearment for a lover)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈbeːbi/
IPA(key): /ˈbɛɪ̯bi/ (rather unusual for the sense “infant”, but often in the slang sense)

Noun (Usage notes)

The plural spelling Babies is now proscribed, but still occasionally seen.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

baby m (definite singular babyen, indefinite plural babyar, definite plural babyane)
a baby

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English baby

Noun (Derived terms)

babymat
babyolje

Noun (Synonyms)

spedbarn

Popularity of the name Baby

Number of BABY births per year

Popularity of the name Baby

Total births of Baby by country

		Births with the first name Baby
Country		Boys Girls
	Ontario 1913 - 2018	19,505 14,807
	United State of America 1880 - 2019	4,634 4,143
	Alberta 1980 - 2019	576 565
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2019	254 192
	Ireland 1964 - 2019	83 78
	New Zealand 1900 - 2019	64 52
	Brazil 1930 - 2010	0 40
	Australia 1944 - 2019	21 9
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	11 0
	Germany 2000 - 2018	0 1
	Italy 1999 - 2018	0 1