| ![Show Contents]() Babel Surname History
Etymology of BabelWhat does the name Babel mean? This Jewish and Russian surname of Babel was a surname chosen as a symbol of exile, originally derived from the Hebrew Bavel Babylon. The Jewish people were held in captivity in Babylon from 597 to about 538 BC. The name is also popular in France, from a medieval given name bestowed in honour of St. Babylas, a 3rd century Christian patriarch of Antoich. His name is of uncertain origin, possibly an ethnic name ultimately derived from the city of Babylon. This particular surname has an especially ancient origin. It is derived from the Hebrew Bible's account of the Jewish people that from 597 to 538 lived in exile in the foreign land of Babylon. This Ashkenazic name was used to symbolically indicate its bearers' exiled state of being. Babel Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Babel, Bavel, Babli, Bably, Bavli, Bavly, Bawli, Bawly, Babeau, Bablin, Babelin, Babelon, Bablon, Bablet, Babelet and many more.
| Babel migration to the United States | + |
- Max Babel, aged 25, German settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Dresden" 1
Babel Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Johan Daniel Babel, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1750 2
Babel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Thomas Babel, who settled in New York City in 1823
- M. Babel, aged 56, German settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "South Carolina" in 1851 1
- Margaretha Babel, aged 56, German settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "South Carolina" in 1851 1
- Wilhelm Babel, aged 49, German settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "South Carolina" in 1851 1
- Peter Babel, aged 17, German settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "South Carolina" in 1851 1
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Babel Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Albert Babel, aged 30, who immigrated to the United States, in 1905
| Contemporary Notables of the name Babel (post 1700) | + |
- Paul Babel, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New Hampshire State House of Representatives from Manchester 1st Ward, 1938 3
- Isaac Emmanuelovich Babel (1894-1940), Russian writer
- Ellis Island Search retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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