Given name & surname
Kiba
“protected by God”
Kiba is a variant of Kiva. One Hebrew interpretation is “protected by God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kiba is a variant of Kiva. One Hebrew interpretation is “protected by God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kiba is a variant of Kiva. An origin associated with Kiva is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kiba through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 6 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 boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2015.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kiba’s family of names
Kiba has a related form in Kiva. In Japanese usage, Kiba as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 黄葉.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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