The baby name Babur is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BAH-boor.
Babur is Persian in Origin.
The baby name Babur is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BAH-boor.
Babur is Persian in Origin.
Babur is a masculine name of Persian origin. The earliest relevant form is Persian babr, tiger, written ببر in New Persian Arabic script. The personal-name form Bābur reflects Central Asian Turkic and Persian pronunciation habits, adding a rounded vowel to the bare lexical form babr. Its literal sense is tiger, specifically the large striped cat rather than a symbolic title alone.
The name is chiefly known from Ẓahīr al-Dīn Muḥammad Bābur, the Timurid ruler born in Fergana in 1483 who founded the Mughal Empire in North India. His Chagatai Turkish memoir, the Bāburnāma, fixed the spelling in historical memory across Persianate courts, Central Asia, Afghanistan, and South Asia. Modern forms include Babar in Urdu and South Asian English, Babür in Turkish, and transliterations such as Baber or Babor. Usage is most visible in Muslim communities with Central Asian or Mughal historical connections.
| Babur Babur was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent and is best known as one of South Asia’s most important early emperors. Born Zahir ud-Din Muhammad in 1483, he was descended from Timur on his father’s side and Genghis Khan on his mother’s side. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM | Boys | 0 | #34 | 3 | 614 |
| AF | 0 | #73 | 4 | 1,883 | |
| KZ | 0 | #92 | 3 | 1,452 | |
| AF | Girls | 0 | #94 | 1 | 2,402 |
| AZ | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 1,400 |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #138 | 2 | 6,332 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #226 | 45 | 3,535 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #227 | 63 | 6,578 |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #304 | 2 | 6,530 |
| SA | 0 | #310 | 3 | 10,560 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #331 | 2 | 5,862 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #398 | 9 | 8,413 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #422 | 3 | 15,987 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #464 | 42 | 12,621 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #464 | 3 | 10,523 |
| BH | 0 | #543 | 11 | 17,937 | |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #551 | 26 | 10,045 |
| LY | 0 | #558 | 2 | 12,703 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #696 | 12 | 18,093 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #731 | 9 | 17,960 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #746 | 24 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #850 | 32 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #923 | 3 | 15,035 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #989 | 13 | 16,750 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,006 | 9 | 25,931 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,043 | 50 | 22,615 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,100 | 12 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,117 | 95 | 19,440 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,231 | 4 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,484 | 131 | 28,008 |
Babur is popular in 28 countries — most recent births per country:
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