Given name & surname
Rubina
“as precious as the red gemstone”
Rubina is a variant of Ruby. One English interpretation is “as precious as the red gemstone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rubina is a variant of Ruby. One English interpretation is “as precious as the red gemstone.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rubina is a variant of Ruby. An origin associated with Ruby is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rubina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 638
- 0 boys · 638 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,596 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,596 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,605 as a first name in 2020; 182 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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 Rubina
- Rubina AliIndian actressborn 1999
- Rubina DilaikIndian actress (born 1989)born 1987
- Rubina BajwaCanadian actressborn 1986
- Rubina ChhetryNepali cricketerborn 1993
- Rubina Feroze BhattiPakistani human rights and peace activistborn 1969
- Rubina AshrafPakistani television producer, graphic designer and actorborn 1959
- Rubina FrancisIndian para pistol shooterborn 1999
- Rubina GillaniPakistani medical doctorborn 1965
- Rubina YadavIndian athleteborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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