Given name
Shubha
“a lucky man”
Shubha is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a lucky man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a lucky man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shubha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 5 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 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 557 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.
Shubha’s family of names
Shubha has a related form in Shubham. Shubha has a related form in Shubhah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Shubha
- Shubha MudgalIndian singerborn 1959
- Shubha KhoteIndian film and television actressborn 1937
- Shubha PoonjaIndian kannada actressborn 1988
- Shubha ToleIndian neuroscientistborn 1967
- Shubha Raulformer mayor of Mumbaiborn 1967
- Shubha PhutelaModel and actor (1991–2012)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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