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term of endearment A term of endearment is a word or phrase used to address or describe a person, animal or inanimate object for which the speaker feels love or affection. Terms of endearment are used for a variety of reasons, such as parents addressing their c ...

* A newborn

baby An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings. ''Infant'' (from the Latin word ''infans'', meaning 'unable to speak' or 'speechless') is a formal or specialised synonym for the common term ''baby''. The terms may also be used to ...

* An

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(especially female) person

People

Nickname

* Babe Adams (1882–1968), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Babe Barna (1917–1972), American Major League Baseball left fielder *

Woolf Barnato Joel Woolf BarnatoPronounced Barnatoo – from Barnett too (27 September 1895 – 27 July 1948) was a British financier and racing driver, one of the " Bentley Boys" of the 1920s. He achieved three consecutive wins out of three entries in the ...

(1895–1948), British financier and racing driver *

Babe Borton William Baker "Babe" Borton (August 14, 1888 – July 29, 1954) was a Major League Baseball first baseman. Borton played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Terriers, and St. Louis Browns from 1912 to 1916. He stood . Biog ...

(1888–1954), Major League Baseball first baseman * John H. Brown Jr. (1891–1963), American football player and United States Navy vice admiral * Babe Clark (1889–1974), American football player *

Babe Dahlgren Ellsworth Tenney "Babe" Dahlgren (June 15, 1912 – September 4, 1996) was an American professional baseball infielder. He played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball from 1935 to 1946 for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Boston Braves ...

(1912–1996), American Major League Baseball infielder who replaced Lou Gehrig *

Babe Didrikson Zaharias Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (; Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball and track and field. She won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Summer Ol ...

(1911–1956), American multi-sport female athlete, most noted as a golfer * Babe Dye (1898–1962), Canadian professional ice hockey forward * Babe Ellison (1895–1955), Major League Baseball player * Babe Frump (1901–1979), American offensive guard in the National Football League * Babe Herman (1903–1987), American Major League Baseball right fielder * Jacquelyn Kelley (1926–1988), member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League * Babe Laufenberg (born 1959), American retired National Football League quarterback * Howard "Babe" Lydecker (1911–1969), half of the

Lydecker brothers Howard and Theodore Lydecker, always known—and billed—as such, were Howard "Babe" Lydecker (June 8, 1911 – September 26, 1969) and Theodore Lydecker (November 7, 1908 – May 25, 1990), a special effects team primarily working as contract s ...

, a movie special effects team *

Babe London Babe London (born Jean Glover, August 28, 1901 – November 29, 1980) was an American actress and comedian, most remembered for her one-time partnership with Oliver Hardy in the 1931 Laurel and Hardy two-reeler ''Our Wife''. Career Londo ...

(1901–1980), American actress and comedian * Babe Martin (1920–2013), American Major League Baseball outfielder *

Babe McCarthy James Harrison "Babe" McCarthy (October 1, 1923 – March 17, 1975), was an American professional and collegiate basketball coach. McCarthy was originally from Baldwyn, Mississippi. McCarthy may best be remembered for Mississippi State's appearanc ...

(1923–1975), American professional and collegiate basketball coach *

Babe Paley Barbara "Babe" Cushing Mortimer Paley (July 5, 1915 – July 6, 1978) was an American socialite, whose second husband William S. Paley was the founder of CBS. Known by the nickname "Babe" for most of her life, she was named to the Internation ...

(1915–1978), American socialite and style icon *

Babe Parilli Vito "Babe" Parilli (May 7, 1930 – July 15, 2017) was an American football quarterback and coach who played professionally for 18 seasons. Parilli spent five seasons in the National Football League (NFL), three in the Canadian Football League ...

(1930–2017), American quarterback in the National, American, and Canadian Football Leagues *

Babe Parnell Frederick Anthony Parnell (January 9, 1901 – May 29, 1982) was an American football player who played four seasons with the New York Giants of the National Football League. He first enrolled at Colgate University before transferring to All ...

(1901–1982), American football player *

Babe Pinelli Ralph Arthur "Babe" Pinelli, born Rinaldo Angelo Paolinelli (October 18, 1895 – October 22, 1984), was an American third baseman and umpire in Major League Baseball. Born in San Francisco, his playing career was mostly with the Cincinnati Reds ...

(1895–1984), American third baseman and umpire in Major League Baseball *

Babe Pratt Walter Peter "Babe" Pratt (January 7, 1916 – December 16, 1988) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman/ left winger who played for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League between ...

(1916–1988), Canadian ice hockey defenseman *

Babe Russin Irving "Babe" Russin (June 18, 1911 – August 4, 1984) was an American tenor saxophone player. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Russin played with some of the best known jazz bands of the 1930s and 1940s, including Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey a ...

(1911–1984), American jazz saxophonist *

Babe Ruth George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Su ...

(1895–1948), American Major League baseball player *

Babe Scheuer Abraham "Babe" Scheuer (January 2, 1913 – March 13, 1997) was an American football tackle who played one season with the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at New York University and attended James Mad ...

(1913–1997), American football player *

Babe Siebert Charles Albert "Babe" Siebert (January 14, 1904 – August 25, 1939) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and defenceman who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Maroons, New York Rangers, Bosto ...

(1904–1939), Canadian National Hockey League player *

Emmett "Babe" Wallace Emmett "Babe" Wallace (1909–2006), was an American singer, stage performer, composer, actor, and poet. His decades long career included many years performing abroad in Europe and Israel. He featured on stage and screen. The New York Public Librar ...

(1909–2006), American singer, composer, actor * Babe Ziegenhorn (1918–1970), American professional basketball player

Stage or ring name

Oliver Hardy Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his c ...

(1892–1957), American comic actor sometimes billed as "Babe Hardy" early in his career * Babe the Farmer's Daughter, a ring name of professional wrestler and businessperson Ursula Hayden (born 1966)

Surname

* Jerome Babe (1837–1893), American inventor and miner * Thomas Babe (1941–2000), American playwright

Places

Babe (Bragança) Babe is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of Bragança. The population in 2011 was 238, in an area of 25.62 km².Babe (Sopot), a village in Serbia

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Babe the Blue Ox, companion of the mythical lumberjack

Paul Bunyan Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack and folk hero in American and Canadian folklore. His exploits revolve around the tall tales of his superhuman labors, and he is customarily accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox. The character originated in the ...

* Babe, the title character of the Dick King-Smith book '' The Sheep-Pig'' * Babe Carano, from ''

Game Shakers ''Game Shakers'' is an American comedy television series created by Dan Schneider that premiered on Nickelodeon on September 12, 2015. The series ran for three seasons, with its final episode airing on June 8, 2019. It stars Cree Cicchino, Mad ...

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Babe Carey Arabella "Babe" Carey is a fictional character from the American daytime drama ''All My Children''. She was originally portrayed by actress Alexa Havins, from October 13, 2003, to October 8, 2007, and then by actress Amanda Baker from October 8, ...

, a character in the American soap opera ''All My Children''

Films

* ''Babe'' (film), a 1995 Australian film based on the book ''The Sheep-Pig'' ** '' Babe: Pig in the City'', the 1998 sequel * '' The Babe'', a 1992 film about baseball player Babe Ruth starring John Goodman

Music

Groups

* Babe (Dutch band), a girl-pop band * Babe (Serbian band), a rock band * BaBe, a Japanese pop duo

Songs

* "Babe" (Styx song), from the 1979 album ''Cornerstone'' * "Babe" (Take That song), from the 1993 album ''Everything Changes'' * "Babe" (Hyuna song), from the 2017 EP ''Following'' * "Babe" (Sugarland song), from the 2018 album ''Bigger'' * "Babe", by Emeli Sandé from the album '' Long Live the Angels''

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Babe'' (comics), a comic book by artist/writer John Byrne

Other uses

Tropical Storm Babe (disambiguation) The name Babe has been used for seven tropical cyclones worldwide, one in the Atlantic Ocean and six in the Western Pacific Ocean. In the Atlantic: * Hurricane Babe (1977), made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 1 hurricane. The name ''Babe'' Wa ...

, one Atlantic Ocean and six Pacific Ocean cyclones *

Bristol Babe The Bristol Babe was a British-built light single-seat biplane, intended for the private flyer and produced immediately after the First World War. Only two flew. Development The Bristol Babe was the creation of Frank Barnwell, a flying enthus ...

, a single-seat biplane produced after the First World War *

B.a.B.e. B.a.B.e. is non-governmental organization based in Zagreb, Croatia, that promotes and protects women's rights. Activities Some of B.a.B.e. activities include demanding accountability of public officials for not punishing violence and crimes, adv ...

, a women's rights organization in Croatia * Babe, a fragrance sold by Fabergé *A

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at video game conventions or comic book conventions