Names

Means “father has returned” in Yoruba.

Alternate transcription of Urdu بابر (see Babur).

Means “little father” in Persian. This was the name of the father of Ardashir, the founder of the Sassanid Empire in Persia. It was also borne by the 9th-century resistance leader Babak Khorramdin.

Means “father has returned” in Yoruba.

Variant of Bård.

Hebrew form of Beelzebub.

Form of Beelzebub used in many English versions of the Old Testament.

From Semitic ba’l meaning “lord” prefixing another word of uncertain meaning. This was the name of the supreme god worshipped in the Phoenician city of Carthage, alongside his consort Tanith.

Variant spelling of Ba’al, and the form used in most translations of the Bible.

Hebrew form of Semitic ba’l meaning “lord, master, possessor”. This was the title of various deities, often associated with storms and fertility, who were worshipped by the Canaanites, Phoenicians, and other peoples of the ancient Near East. It was particularly applied to the god Hadad.