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Baby
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baby
English
+ (surname)
Etymology
Two main origins:
Borrowed from en ml ബേബി, a surname typically found in Kerala.
Borrowed from en fr Baby.
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Baby is the 36426th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 614 individuals. Baby is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (71.01%) and White (19.54%) individuals.
Further reading
en surnames from French surnames from Malayalam
Cebuano
Etymology
From en baby. Also from an error in birth registration. When the parent has not decided on a name of the child, the child is often listed as baby + surname.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb female
ceb rare ceb male
German
Etymology
Mid-19th-century borrowing from de en baby. The use as a term of endearment is a later borrowing from late-20th-century pop culture; it remains far more common in pop music than in real life.
Pronunciation
de /ˈbeːbi/
de De-Baby.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de /ˈbɛɪ̯bi/ rather unusual for the sense “infant”, but often in the slang sense
de De-Baby2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Ba by
Noun
n,,s:Babies[now proscribed] lein,chen
baby infant
de Säugling Swiss Bébé
de music or slang baby term of endearment for a lover
Declension
n,,s:Babies[now proscribed]
Derived terms
de Babybauch babyleicht Babyschuh Babysprache Babyphon Babywäsche Babykleidung babyeinfach Babypuder Babytragetasche Babywippe<t:baby bouncer>
Related terms
de Babysitter
Descendants
dsb baby 1
hsb baby 1
Further reading
de
de Babies People