Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 463

Aybaba

Aybaba /ajbaˈba/

“moon + father”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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Initial
A
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Aybaba?

Aybaba

IPA /ajbaˈba/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Aybaba mean?

A name built from ay ‘moon’ and baba ‘father, venerable elder’; Nişanyan Adlar records Aybaba as a Turkish name without giving a meaning. Ay is a common element of Turkish names, standing for beauty and radiance; baba meant ‘venerable elder, father’ in Middle Turkic according to Nişanyan.1,2

Grammar ay + baba; name compound.

That Aybaba goes back to ay and baba is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Aybaba made of?

Aybaba breaks into 2 parts: ay (moon; radiant) + baba (father; venerable elder).

Aybaba + root ay moon; radiant TURKIC ay “moon” root baba father; venerable elder TURKIC baba “venerable elder, father” Aybaba ay root moon; radiant ay TURKIC “moon” baba root father; venerable elder baba TURKIC “venerable elder, father”
Aybaba: parts and root words
  • ay Turkic — moon1
  • baba Turkic — venerable elder, father2

How was the name Aybaba formed?

Aybaba belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (ay + baba).

Which surnames are related to Aybaba?

Aybaba Akbaba Babacan Baba Babaoğlu Karababa Babadağ Babalık Ağbaba
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akbaba same root – –
02 Babacan same root – –
03 Baba same root – –
04 Babaoğlu same root – –
05 Karababa same root – –
06 Babadağ same root – –
07 Babalık same root – –
08 Ağbaba same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Aybaba?

  1. Samet Aybaba association football player 1955–

People surnamed Aybaba as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

Is Aybaba also a first name?

Yes. Aybaba is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “moon + father”.

Aybaba as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Aybaba accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: baba accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Aybaba

Q1

What does the surname Aybaba mean?

A name built from ay ‘moon’ and baba ‘father, venerable elder’; Nişanyan Adlar records Aybaba as a Turkish name without giving a meaning. Ay is a common element of Turkish names, standing for beauty and radiance; baba meant ‘venerable elder, father’ in Middle Turkic according to Nişanyan.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Aybaba?

The root word of Aybaba is ay (Turkic): “moon”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Aybaba?

Ay·ba·ba, 3 syllables; IPA: /ajbaˈba/.