Babel is a transliteration of the Hebrew. It could mean the Hebrew equivalent of the "Tower of Babylon". Or as Eike Pierstorff writes, it may have been a play on words. It could tie into the Biblical story because Babel is similar to Balal (בלל), the Hebrew word for confusion, and the verb bilbél (בלבל), "to confuse".

Was the Tower of Babel in Babylon?

Tower of Babel, in biblical literature, structure built in the land of Shinar (Babylonia) some time after the Deluge. ... The story of its construction, given in Genesis 11:1–9, appears to be an attempt to explain the existence of diverse human languages.

What is another name for Babylon?

Babylon, Babylonian Bab-ilu, Old Babylonian Bāb-ilim, Hebrew Bavel or Babel, Arabic Aṭlāl Bābil, one of the most famous cities of antiquity.