Ruba
Ruba 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.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- Arabic and Persian countries, United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 428 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Ruba
If you do not know Ruba’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Ruba,” in English, “Guten Tag Ruba,” 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 Ruba,
German
Guten Tag Ruba,
French
Bonjour Ruba,
Spanish
Estimado/a Ruba:
Chinese
Ruba您好：
Japanese
Ruba様
English
Hi Ruba,
German
Hi Ruba,
French
Salut Ruba,
Spanish
Hola Ruba,
Chinese
Ruba你好：
Japanese
Ruba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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic and Persian countries | rare | woman's name |
| United States | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 428 female · 428 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Ruba a male or female name?
Ruba 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 Ruba in an email?
If you do not know Ruba’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Ruba,” in English, “Guten Tag Ruba,” 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 Ruba a unisex name?
Ruba 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 Ruba a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/ruba. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_ruba,
title = {Is Ruba a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/ruba},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}