Batu is a common masculine Central Asian name.

In Turkish, "Batu" means "Prevailing", and/or "Preponderant". It also connotes "The West" since "Batu" resembles the word "Batı" which means "west" in Turkish.

In Mongolian, "Batu" means firm/stable.

In Malay and Bahasa Indonesia, "Batu" means rock, stone or boulder.

In Atayal, "Batu" means egg.

• Batu Han Yüksel (born 1999), Turkish weightlifter
• Batu Khan, Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde.
• Batu Watan (蘇偉恩), Taiwanese aboriginal city council candidates in Taoyuan City.
• Batumöngke Dayan Khagan, 15th century Mongol khagan.
• Saru Batu Savcı Bey, Ertuğrul's eldest son and older brother of Osman I and Gündüz see Turkish Wikipedia article

• Batu Akdeniz (born 1993), Turkish rock musician
• Batu Çetin, founder and vocalist of Cenotaph

• Batu (巴圖), an Atayalic character from the Taiwanese television film Batu The Iron Fist [tay] (鐵拳巴圖).