Hiba

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ჰიბა in GE Georgia.

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 across 2 languages 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◐

Hiba is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name12K records spelled Hiba33 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Argentina, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Hibà, Hïbă, Hïbä, Hîbä, Hïbą

• Russian surname923 records spelled Hiba13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye, Iraq

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Хиба, Хіба, Khiba, Hibă, Hïba

• a separate given name773 records spelled Hiba2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Morocco, United States, Iraq, India

  Also written Hība

• Amharic given name488 records spelled Hiba2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Morocco, Syria, United States, Türkiye

  Also written ሂባ

• Bangla given name439 records spelled Hiba5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Türkiye, Syria, Morocco

  Also written হিবা, Hībã

• Croatian given name312 records spelled Hiba11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Syria, United States, Türkiye

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Bosnian

  Also written Hibà, Хиба, Hîbá

• Polish given name286 records spelled Hiba11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Netherlands, United States, Türkiye

  Also written Hĩbà, Hîbâ, Hîbã, Hibã, Hĭbä

• Italian given name160 records spelled Hiba3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Türkiye, Syria

  Also written Ĥibą, Hibå

33 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●

Hiba is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, gift

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, gift, present

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• ‘Gift’, ‘grant’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Swahili, gift, present (especially given to show affection)

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

• In Romanian, definite nominative/accusative singular of hibă

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

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) — 43 years between 1981–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Hiba Danielb. 1970SESwedish journalist
• Hiba Farèsb. 1977FRFrench company director
• Hiba Aboukb. 1986ESSpanish actress (born 1986)
• Hiba Tawajib. 1987LBLebanese-Palestinian singer
• Awak Kuierb. 2001EGnot in their usual nameFinnish basketball player (born 2001)
• Hiba Dagheractress and model
• Hiba AbidTNTunisian art historian and curator

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 · 455 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hiba?

We estimate roughly 12 thousand people bear Hiba (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Hiba have the most bearers?

Hiba is most frequently recorded in Syria, where it is most often spelled hiba.

How common is Hiba compared with other names?

In Syria, Hiba is the 141st most common given name of 109,868 given names recorded there.

Is Hiba a male or female name?

Hiba 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 Hiba mean?

Recorded meaning: The conifer Thujopsis dolabrata, a cypress (in the broad sense) that is endemic to Japan.