Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Lubna isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lubna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 360
- 0 boys · 360 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 17 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,010 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.
Lubna’s family of names
Lubna may belong to the same name family as LUBBNA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lubna
- Lubna AzabalBelgian actressborn 1973
- Lubna of CórdobaAl-Ándalus slave and intellectual16–984
- Lubna TahtamouniJordanian biologist and cancer researcherborn 1976
- Lubna Khalid Al QasimiUnited Arab Emirates politicianborn 1962
- Lubna al-HusseinSudanese Muslim, media worker and activistborn 1973
- Lubna OlayanSaudi business womanborn 1955
- Lubna JafferyNorwegian politicianborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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