Given name
Jubal
“resembling a ram”
Jubal is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a ram.”
Original Hebrewיובל
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a ram.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb yabal (יבל), “to carry or bring along.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jubal appears in Genesis 4:21.
From biblical name research
Jubal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 814
- 814 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,567 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,567 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 673 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jubal’s family of names
Jubal has a related form in Joobal. Jubal has a related form in Jooball. Jubal has a related form in Joubal.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Jubileeshares a root
- Abileneshares a root
- Jabalshares a root
- Tubalcainshares a root
- Zerubbabelshares a root
- Tubalshares a root
- Obilshares a root
- Bulshares a root
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People named Jubal
- Jubal Earlylawyer, politician, and general of the Confederate States Army (1816-1894)
- JubalBrazilian footballerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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