Given name & surname
Uba
“one who is wealthy; lord of the house”
Uba is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “one who is wealthy; lord of the house.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one who is wealthy; lord of the house.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Uba through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1914
- 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 1914. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 394 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.
Uba’s family of names
Uba has a related form in Ubah. Uba has a related form in Ubba. Uba has a related form in Ubbah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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