Heba

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Heba is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Polish given name2.5K records spelled Heba5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Hĕbą, Hëbã, Hębä, Hëbä

• Russian given name719 records spelled Heba6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Syria, Türkiye, United States

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Хеба

• a separate given name647 records spelled Heba2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Iraq, United Kingdom

  Also written Héba

• Finnish given name339 records spelled Heba3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Syria, United States, Israel

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Hêbà

• Bulgarian given name198 records spelled Heba12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Syria, Türkiye, Bulgaria

  Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian

  Also written Kheba, Hěba, Хеба, Hèbà, Hëbä

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Heba is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swahili, glamour

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, pilsēta Čehijā ("Cheb"), Karlovi Varu apgabalā, 32600 iedzīvotāju (2012. g.)

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 46 years between 1978–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Hebab. 1947EGEgyptian spy
• Heba Kotbb. 1967EGEgyptian sex therapist
• Heba Alyb. 1983CACanadian-Egyptian journalist
• Heba Zagoutb. 1984PSPalestinian artist (1984–2023)
• Heba Yazbakb. 1985ILIsraeli politician
• Heba Ahmedb. 1985EGEgyptian rower
• Heba Magdyb. 1988EGEgyptian actress
• Hiba Abu Nadab. 1991PSnot in their usual namePalestinian poet and novelist
• Heba Allejjib. 1997SYSyrian table tennis player
• Heba Abu MusaedAEfilm producer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 229 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Heba?

We estimate roughly 4.1 thousand people bear Heba (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Heba have the most bearers?

Heba is most frequently recorded in Egypt, where it is most often spelled heba.

How common is Heba compared with other names?

In Egypt, Heba is the 65th most common given name of 72,792 given names recorded there.

Is Heba a male or female name?

Heba is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Heba mean?

Recorded meaning: From Old Polish chyba or chybać.