Surname

Baba

Baba (馬場) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean horse + place, and Wikidata lists 94 notable people with this family name.

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Written馬場ばばhorse + place

What Baba means

馬
horse
場
place

Where the name comes from

The kanji of Baba mean horse + place. Many surnames like it began as descriptions of a family's land, trade or position before surnames were required for every household in 1875.

Famous people named Baba

Noriko Baba 馬場 典子Japanese association football player
Yuta Baba 馬場 憂太Japanese association football player
Kenji Baba 馬場 賢治Japanese association football player
Baba Nobuharu 馬場 信春Japanese samurai
Seiya Baba 馬場 晴也Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this family name.

Surnames that share a kanji