Father Names, Meanings, and their History

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Abu-Turab (A-boo-too-rab)

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father baby dust

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Axl (AK-səl)

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rock american-english baby english-american father american musician

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Babay (bah-bah-ee)

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nigerian-yoruba nigerian father baby yoruba-nigerian yoruba african

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Chokappa (cho-ka-pa)

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baby tamilian hindu brahmin masculine father male

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Dad (dahd)

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baby male father boy masculine

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Dhrtarastra (DH-uh-ruh-TRAH-struh)

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boy male masculine mythology hindu pandavas father

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Papa (pah-pah)

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Pappa (PAH-pah)

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norwegian-romanian serbian-norwegian romanian-finnish swedish-romanian hungarian-greek icelandic-hungarian norwegian-croatian

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Yab (yahb)

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