Babylon Forename

361,930th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 542 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Nauru

Babylon Forename Definition:

Bab'-be-lon, confusion, mixture. 2 Kings xxiv. 1. The capital of Chaldea, built by Nimrod, Gen. x. 10, in the place where the tower of Babel was begun. It was under Nebuchadnezzar that Babylon, then become the seat of universal empire, is supposed to have acquired that extent and magnificence which rendered it the wonder of the world.

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Babylon Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines
 
59%
1441:736,17721,951
Zimbabwe
95%
 
1281:120,4998,316
Nigeria
100%
761:2,336,37344,538
Afghanistan
50%
 
431:758,68610,592
Uganda
100%
291:1,412,30821,370
India
76%
 
251:48,595,119841,422
DR Congo
100%
211:3,515,60073,131
South Africa
100%
211:2,596,79370,323
United States-101:36,253,698247,090
Zambia-81:1,981,84920,512
Malawi
100%
41:4,278,07813,569
Sweden
75%
 
41:2,464,47734,955
Papua New Guinea
50%
 
41:2,038,078115,092
Liberia
100%
21:2,206,03027,695
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
Tanzania
100%
21:26,394,16073,301
China-21:683,027,89194,999
England
100%
21:27,801,460132,211
Russia
100%
21:72,116,852125,484
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Germany
83%
 
11:96,677,87695,912
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333

Babylon (2,600) may also be a surname.

Babylon Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Bab'-be-lon, confusion, mixture. 2 Kings xxiv. 1. The capital of Chaldea, built by Nimrod, Gen. x. 10, in the place where the tower of Babel was begun. It was under Nebuchadnezzar that Babylon, then become the seat of universal empire, is supposed to have acquired that extent and magnificence which rendered it the wonder of the world.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: confusion (by mixing).

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

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