Given name & surname
Ubah
“one who is wealthy; lord of the house”
Ubah is a variant of Uba. One African interpretation is “one who is wealthy; lord of the house.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ubah is a variant of Uba. One African interpretation is “one who is wealthy; lord of the house.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ubah is a variant of Uba. An origin associated with Uba is African.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ubah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 78
- 0 boys · 78 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 8 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 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 588 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ubah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.