Type Word Usage Medieval Slavic Scripts баба(Church Slavic) Meaning & History Slavic word meaning "old woman" [1]. Related ItemsDetails Surname DescendantsBabić(Croatian) Babić(Serbian) Babič(Slovene) Same Spellingbaba 2 Sources & References Derksen, Rick. Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Brill, 2008, page 32.