Given name & surname
Batu
“firm, strong”
Batu is a masculine given name from Mongolian. It is used in English, Turkish, and Atayal.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Batu developed from Бат.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Batu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 116
- 116 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,278 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,278 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2018.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Batu’s family of names
In English usage, Batu developed from Бат. In English usage, Batu has a conventional equivalent in Бату. In English usage, Batu has a conventional equivalent in Бат.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Batu has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Mongolian roots to each of them.
Mongolianwhere Batu comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Batu
- Batu KhanKhan of the Golden Horde1205–1255
- Batu KhasikovRussian kickboxer and politicianborn 1980
- Batu Han YükselTurkish weightlifter (born 1999)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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