Babak (given name)
| Pronunciation | Persian pronunciation: [bɒːˈbæk] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Persian |
Babak (Persian: بابک) is a common Persian given name for males. It derives from the Middle Persian[1] name Pāpak[2][3][4] which means "father"[5]
People with this name
- Babak (c. 222), Persian prince and father (or stepfather) of Ardashir I, founder of the Sasanian Empire
- Babak (Sasanian general)
- Babak Khorramdin (795 or 798–838), Khurramite leader who fought against the Abbasid Caliphate
- Babak Amir-Tahmasseb (born 1976), French-Iranian kayaker
- Babak Hassibi, Iranian-American electrical engineer
- Babak Jahanbakhsh (born 1983), Iranian pop singer
- Babak Payami (born 1966), Iranian film director
- Babak Rafati (born 1970), Iranian-German football referee
- Babak Dehghanpisheh, American journalist
- Babak Ganjei (born 1978-1979), British artist
- Bobak Ferdowsi (born 1979), American engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
See also
Notes
- ^ "Bāpak". Encyclopedia Iranica.
- ^ Huart, Cl. "Bābek". Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936). E.J. Brill. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
- ^ Sourdel, D. "Bābak". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. E.J. Brill. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
- ^ "BĀBAK",Encyclopedia of Islam, second edition
- ^ Bahramian, Ali, Stephen Hirtenstein and Translated by Rahim Gholami, “Bābak Khurram-Dīn”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Farhad Daftary. Consulted online on 25 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_00000014> ,First published online: 2015
References
- SOURDEL, D (1986). "BĀBAK". Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 844. ISBN 90-04-08114-3.