Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Lubaba Name Meaning in Islam
Essence, the innermost, the companion of the Prophet and mother of Ibn Abbas.
- Meaning
- Essence, the innermost, the companion of the Prophet and mother of Ibn Abbas
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ل-ب-ب
- Urdu
- لبابہ
- Pronunciation
- lu-BA-ba
- Lucky number
- 4
Is Lubaba an Islamic name? Yes. Lubaba is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Essence, the innermost, the companion of the Prophet and mother of Ibn Abbas. It was carried by Lubaba bint al-Harith (Umm al-Fadl). Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ل-ب-ب. From l-b-b (the kernel, the innermost essence). Lubāba: 'the inner essence of a thing'. Same root as labīb and ūlū al-albāb.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Lubaba is grounded in earth, the element of stability, patience, and quiet holding. The letters ask their bearer to be reliable rather than showy, to keep the household of the heart in order. Stitched through this reading is Al-Latif, the Gracious, meaning the person carries an unshowy kindness that reaches the tender parts. A person named Lubaba builds ground under other people's lives.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Essence, the innermost, the pure core, from root ل-ب-ب (lubab, the essence, the innermost part, the pure core). لبابة (Lubaba, the one of the innermost essence, the pure core). The lubab is the purest, innermost part of something, the kernel, the heart, the essence stripped of all exterior.
Lubaba al-Kubra (RA). Lubaba bint al-Harith al-Hilaliyya, was the wife of Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (the Prophet's uncle) and the mother of the great companion Abdullah ibn Abbas (RA), the interpreter of the Quran. She was one of the first women to accept Islam, accepting it alongside Khadija (RA). She was called Lubaba al-Kubra (the Great Lubaba) to distinguish her from Lubaba al-Sughra.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Lubaba bint al-Harith (Umm al-Fadl) . Second woman to embrace Islam after Khadīja, wife of al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, mother of ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās the great exegete
How to Pronounce Lubaba
Variants of this name
AsrNaam keeps a separate page for each common spelling of Lubaba, each one carrying its own readings and notes.
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They are the same name. Lubaba is also written Lobaba and Loobaba. One name, several romanisations of لبابة.
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Names sharing the ب Ba influence
Like Lubaba, these names carry Ba (ب) as their leading letter influence.
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