# Bava

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For the 2010 film, see [Baava](/source/Baava).

**Bava** is a surname that can either be of Italian, [Gujarati](/source/Gujarati_people), [Konkani](/source/Konkani_people), or [Punjabi](/source/Punjabis) origin. The Italian surname originates from a nickname meaning 'dribble slime', while the Punjabi surname is a variant of Bawa, a Sikh name borne by the male descendants of the first three Sikh gurus.

Notable people with the surname include:

- [Bava Chelladurai](/source/Bava_Chelladurai) (born 1962), Indian writer, storyteller and actor
- [E. K. Imbichi Bava](/source/E._K._Imbichi_Bava) (1917–1995), Indian politician
- [Eugenio Bava](/source/Eugenio_Bava) (1886–1966), Italian film cinematographer
- [Eusebio Bava](/source/Eusebio_Bava) (1790–1854), Italian general
- [Jorge Bava](/source/Jorge_Bava) (born 1981), Uruguayan football manager and player
- [Lamberto Bava](/source/Lamberto_Bava) (born 1944), Italian film director
- [Mario Bava](/source/Mario_Bava) (1914–1980), Italian filmmaker
- [Mohiuddin Bava](/source/Mohiuddin_Bava), Indian politician
- [T. O. Bava](/source/T._O._Bava) (1919–2007), Indian politician
- [Vijaygiri Bava](/source/Vijaygiri_Bava) (born 1987), Indian filmmaker and screenwriter
- [Zeinal Bava](/source/Zeinal_Bava), Mozambican-born Indian-Portuguese businessman

## Similar surnames

- [Giuseppe Riccobaldi del Bava](/source/Giuseppe_Riccobaldi_del_Bava) (1887–1976), Italian painter
- [Judah ben Bava](/source/Judah_ben_Bava), Jewish rabbi

## See also

- [Bava Batra](/source/Bava_Batra), the third of the three Talmudic tractates
- [Bava Kamma](/source/Bava_Kamma), the second of the three Talmudic tractates
- [Bava Metzia](/source/Bava_Metzia), the first of the three Talmudic tractates
- [Bava Park](/source/Bava_Park), a sports center in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
- [Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris](/source/Fiorenzo_Bava_Beccaris) (1831–1924), Italian general
- [T. K. M. Bava Musliyar](/source/T._K._M._Bava_Musliyar) (1930–2013), Indian Muslim scholar

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