Baby

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

Two main origins:

Proper noun[edit]

Baby (plural Babys)

  1. A surname.

Statistics[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From 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[edit]

Baby

  1. a female given name
  2. (rare) a male given name

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Baby n (strong, genitive Babys, plural Babys or (now proscribed) Babies, diminutive Babychen n or Babylein n)

  1. baby (infant)
    Synonyms: Säugling, Bébé
  2. (music or slang) baby (term of endearment for a lover)

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Descendants[edit]

  • Lower Sorbian: baby
  • Upper Sorbian: baby

Further reading[edit]

  • Baby” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Baby” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Baby” in Duden online
  • Baby on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de