Baban is a surname and a male given name. It is reported that as of 2017 Baban is one of the surnames used in Ağrı, Turkey.[1] It is also stated that it is a combination of a noun, Baba (Turkish: father), and a possessive ending -n in Turkish.[1] In Romanian, the name is spelled Băban and derives from Baba village, Maramureș County.[2]
Notable people with the name are as follows: