Given name & surname
Ebe
“youth”
Ebe is a feminine given name from Germanic. It is used in Estonian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ebe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1917. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 175 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ebe’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Ebe has a related form in EPP.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ebe
- Ebe StignaniItalian operatic mezzo-soprano singer1903–1974
- Ebe W. TunnellAmerican politician (1844-1917)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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