How To Say “Dad” In Different Languages

A father or father figure around the world has many different names. We sometimes call him Dad, Papa, Daddy, Father, Pops, Pa, Papi, and many more endearing names.

These sweet nicknames are usually some of the first words we learn during our babbling age. But as time passes, we always somehow manage to come up with more interesting and sometimes silly names to call our fathers.

If you want to know what the rest of the world calls him, read on to discover terms of endearment for "Dad" across the globe.

• English: Dad, Daddy, Father, Papa, Pop
• French: Père, Papa
• Italian: Papà, Papi, Babbo, Babbetto, Babbino
• Spanish: Papá, Pá, Papi, Tata
• German: Papa, Papi, Vater, Vati, Papilein
• Portuguese: Papai, Pai, Paizinho, Paizão
• Japanese: お父さん (otousan), パパ (papa), お父ちゃん (otouchan)
• Korean: 아버지 (abeoji), 아빠 (appa)
• Mandarin Chinese: 爸爸 (Baba)
• Cantonese: 爸 (Baa)
• Hindi: पापा (Paapa), बाप (Bapa), अब्बा (Abba)
• Arabic: ابي (Abee), اب (Ab), بابا (Baba)
• Russian: Папа (Papa), Папочка (Papachka), Пап (Pap)
• Indonesian: Ayah, Papah, Papa, Bape, Bapak, Babe, Abah, Amang, Tati, Papi
• Dutch: Pa, Papa, Vader, Pappa
• Swedish: Pappa
• Norwegian: Far, Pappa
• Danish: Far, Fader
• Polish: Ojczulek, Tato, Tata, Tatuś, Papa, Papcio
• Turkish: Baba
• Greek: Baba
• Hungarian: Apa
• Catalan: Pare