Babayev

Babayev or Babaev (, , ) is a Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek and Azerbaijani masculine surname that comes from Turkic languages; its feminine form is Babayeva or Babaeva. The word "babay" (бабай) means "grandfather" or "old man" in Tatar and Bashkir. Alternatively, it comes from Arabic word "bab" which means "door". There used to be a name "Babullah" which meant "door of God" or "door of heaven". It was very popular between Turkic nations before USSR. Grandchildren of Babs got "Babayev" (means of Bab or Bab's in Russian) surname. At the first stages it used to be "Babov", but later it became "Babayev" with the effect of Russian phonetics. The surname may refer to: