Babu

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Beloved child, dear little one”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Balamurugan — Young Murugan, child Murugan
• Balakrishnan — Young Krishna, child form of Krishna
• Balpinder — Child of the lord, young divine one
• Balasaheb — Respected child, young master
• Tinu — Modern Kerala pet name, beloved child
• Unni — Baby, young child, dear little one

More boys' names of Dravidian origin

• Kannan — Krishna, the dark one, beloved cowherd
• Biju — Victorious, modern Kerala name
• Lal — Beloved, red, darling
• Murukan — Murugan, young warrior god, South Kerala form
• Jiju — Modern Kerala pet name, beloved brother-in-law figure
• Kuttan — Little one, beloved child, pet name in Kerala

Where this comes from

Babu has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.