Baby

== English == === Etymology === Two main origins: Borrowed from Malayalam ബേബി (bēbi), a surname typically found in Kerala. Borrowed from French Baby. === Proper noun === Baby (plural Babys) A surname. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Baby is the 36426th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 614 individuals. Baby is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (71.01%) and White (19.54%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Baby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 78. == Cebuano == === Etymology === From baby. Also from an error in birth registration. When the parent has not decided on a name of the child, the child is often listed as baby + surname. === Proper noun === Baby a female given name (rare) a male given name == German == === Etymology === Mid-19th-century borrowing from English baby. The use as a term of endearment is a later borrowing from late-20th-century pop culture; it remains far more common in pop music than in real life. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeːbi/ IPA(key): /ˈbɛɪ̯bi/ (rather unusual for the sense “infant”, but often in the slang sense) === Noun === Baby n (strong, genitive Babys, plural Babys or (now proscribed) Babies, diminutive Babychen n or Babylein n) baby (infant) Synonyms: Säugling, Bébé (music or slang) baby (term of endearment for a lover) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Lower Sorbian: baby → Upper Sorbian: baby === Further reading === “Baby” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Baby” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Baby” in Duden online Baby on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de