Family name origins & meanings
- English (chiefly Devon) : probably from a Middle English nickname, bab(e) ‘baby’, but possibly from the female personal name Babb(e), a pet form of Barbara (see Barbary), or the Old English personal name Babba, found in several place names, including Babbacombe in Devon and Babington in Somerset.
- Variant of German Bobb (see Bob).