Luba
Luba is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
Luba · Ľuba
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Slovakia, United States
- Also spelled
- Ľuba
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 555 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Luba
If you do not know Luba’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Luba,” in English, “Guten Tag Luba,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Luba,
German
Guten Tag Luba,
French
Bonjour Luba,
Spanish
Estimado/a Luba:
Chinese
Luba您好:
Japanese
Luba様
English
Hi Luba,
German
Hi Luba,
French
Salut Luba,
Spanish
Hola Luba,
Chinese
Luba你好:
Japanese
Lubaさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan | rare | woman's name |
| Slovakia | rare | woman's name |
| United States | rare | woman's name |
| Azerbaijan | rare | woman's name |
| Albania | rare | woman's name |
| Israel | rare | woman's name |
| Russia | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 555 female · 555 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Luba a male or female name?
Luba is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Luba in an email?
If you do not know Luba’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Luba,” in English, “Guten Tag Luba,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Luba a unisex name?
Luba is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Luba a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/luba. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_luba,
title = {Is Luba a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/luba},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}