Baban is a surname and a male given name. It is reported that as of 2017 Baban is one of the surnames used in Ağrı, Turkey.[1] It is also stated that it is a combination of a noun, Baba (Turkish: father), and a possessive ending -n in Turkish.[1] In Romanian, the name is spelled Băban and derives from Baba village, Maramureș County.[2]

Notable people with the name are as follows:

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  1. ^ a b Mehrali Calp (August 2017). "Ağrı ilinde kullanılan soyadları üzerine dilbilimsel bir çalışma". International Journal of Education, Science and Technology: 67.
  2. ^ Dorin Ștef, Dicţionar etimologic al localităților din judeţul Maramureş, p. 85. Cluj-Napoca: Editura Casa Cărții de Știință, 2023, ISBN 978-606-17-2127-6