Girl · Akan, through English
Juba
Say it: JOO-bah
Meaning
An English-spelled form of the Akan day name Adwoa, given to a girl born on Monday.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Recorded among enslaved women in the Caribbean and the American colonies.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 12 babies given this name since 1969
- At its height in 1973, about 1 in 222,700 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jubah
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Where this comes from
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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