Babayev
Babayev (Azerbaijani: Babayev, Russian: Баба́ев, Ukrainian: Баба́єв) is a Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek and Azerbaijani surname that comes from Turkic languages. The word babay (бабай) means "grandfather" or "old man" in Tatar and Bashkir. Alternatively, it comes from Arabic word "bab" which means "door". There used to be a name "Babullah" which meant "door of God" or "door of heaven". It was very popular between Turkic nations before USSR. Grandchildren of Babs got "Babayev" (means of Bab or Bab's in Russian) surname. At the first stages it used to be "Babov", but later it became "Babayev" with the effect of Russian phonetics. [1] The surname may refer to:
- Farid Babayev (died 2007), Russian politician
- Oleh Babayev (1965–2014), Ukrainian politician
- Rafig Babayev (1937–1994), Azerbaijani jazz composer and pianist
- Sukhan Babayev (1910–1995), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan in 1951–1958