Given name & surname · also Old English
Babylon
“Gate of God”
Babylon is a surname from Old English, ultimately from Akkadian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Babylon goes back to Akkadian Bābilim, meaning “Gate of God.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Babylon comes from Old English, and ultimately from Akkadian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English Babilōn, from Latin Babylōn, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλών, from Akkadian Bābilim (“Gate of God”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Babylon’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Babylon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Babington
“enclosure”
71% boys · 29% girls
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“beam, tree”
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Barnston
“enclosure; settlement, town”
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Burniston
“enclosure; settlement, town”
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Billington
“belonging to” · “hill”
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Bevington
“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement, town”
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Boddington
Boddington is a surname from Old English.
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Binnington
“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement, town”
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