Babak (given name)

Babak is a common Persian given name for males. It derives from the Middle Persian name Pāpak which means "father"

People with this name

 * Babak (c. 222), Persian prince and father (or stepfather) of Ardashir I, founder of the Sasanian Empire
 * Babak (Sasanian general)
 * Babak Khorramdin (795 or 798–838), Khurramite leader who fought against the Abbasid Caliphate
 * Babak Amir-Tahmasseb (born 1976), French-Iranian kayaker
 * Babak Hassibi, Iranian-American electrical engineer
 * Babak Jahanbakhsh (born 1983), Iranian pop singer
 * Babak Payami (born 1966), Iranian film director
 * Babak Rafati (born 1970), Iranian-German football referee
 * Babak Dehghanpisheh, American journalist
 * Bobak Ferdowsi (born 1979), American engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory