Given name & surname · also Hebrew
Luba
“one who is dearly loved”·“one who loves and is loved”
Luba is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who is dearly loved” (Hebrew) and “one who loves and is loved”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who is dearly loved” (Hebrew) and “one who loves and is loved”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Luba through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 583
- 0 boys · 583 girls
- Most popular year
- 1952
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,328 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,328 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1952. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,880 as a first name in 2020; 505 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.
Luba’s family of names
Luba is an affectionate form of Lubomierz. Luba has a related form in Liba. Luba has a related form in Lyuba.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Luba has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Libavariant
- Lubinavariant · German
- Llubalikely variant
- Ljubavariant · Czech
- Lubahvariant
- Lyubahvariant
- Lyubavariant
- Libenavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Luba
- Luba SkořepováCzech actress and writer (1923–2016)
- Luba GolovinaGeorgian trampoline gymnastborn 1990
- Luba GoyCanadian actress and comedianborn 1945
- Luba LisaAmerican actress (1941-1972)
- Luba Blum-BielickaPolish-Jewish activist1906–1973
- Luba ShumeykoUkrainian model and photographerborn 1982
- Ľuba Orgonášovásingerborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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