Babayev or Babaev (Azerbaijani: Babayev, Russian: Баба́ев, Turkmen: Babaýew, Ukrainian: Баба́єв) is a Russian, Ukrainian, Turkmen, Uzbek and Azerbaijani masculine surname that is slavicised from Turkic languages; its feminine form is Babayeva or Babaeva. The word babay (бабай) means "grandfather" or "old man" in Tatar and Bashkir.[1] Alternatively, it comes from Arabic word "bab", which means "door". There was a name "Babullah" which meant "doorway of God" or "doorway to heaven". It was very popular among Turkic nations before Soviet times. Grandchildren of "Babs" were sometimes given "Babayev" as a surname. It was initially "Babov", but later it became "Babayev" due to the influence of Russian phonetics.[2] The surname may refer to:

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  1. ^ Ganzhina, I. M. (2001) Словарь современных русских фамилий. Moscow: Astrel. ISBN 5-271-00127-X.
  2. ^ "История Фамилии Бабаев. Поиск однофамильцев". Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2010-11-26.