Baba can be a surname in several cultures such as Dravidian, Japanese, Turkics, and Yoruba.
It is also a nickname for 'father' in some languages, and translates to "father" in the Arabic, Persian and Shona languages.
In various Slavic languages “baba” means an “old lady” (as in the diminutive variation babushka).
The following have adopted the honorific Baba: