Lubin

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ruben in AR Argentina, US United States, ES Spain and 23 more, Рубен in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, Rubén in FR France and Rubin in CH Switzerland.

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◐

Lubin is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname7.5K records spelled Lubin7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Venezuela

  Also written Lubín, Lubiñ, Ĺubin, Lúbín, Ĺùbìñ

• a separate surname3.2K records spelled Lubin4 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Lu-Bin, Lubín, Lûbin

• Chinese surname791 records spelled Lubin2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, China, United Kingdom

  Also written Lu-Bin

• Russian surname437 records spelled Lubin26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, United States

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

  Also written Любин, Лубин, Любін, Liubin, Лубін

60 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●

Lubin 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 French, from the Germanic personal name Leobin, a pet form of any of the compound names formed with leub. Hup, Hob ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ as the first element. St. Leobin was a bishop of Chartres in the 6th century (whence the name’s popularity in the Middle Ages), and several places were named Saint-Lubin after him, as for example in Eure, Eure-et-Loir, and Loir-et-Cher.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In French, metronymic from the Yiddish personal name Lube, from eastern Slavic ‘love’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In French, habitational name for someone from Lyubin and Lyubny, now in Belarus.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In French, Dérivé du germanique liub « cher, aimé ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• In French, Origine germanique, signifie « amour ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 71 years between 1920–2013. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Siegmund Lubinb. 1851USAmerican businessman and motion picture pioneer (1851–1923)
• Germaine Lubinb. 1890FRsinger (1890–1979)
• Arieh Lubinb. 1897USpainter (1897-1980)
• Arthur Lubinb. 1898USAmerican film director (1898-1995)
• Harry Lubinb. 1906USAmerican composer (1906–1977)
• Frank Lubinb. 1910USAmerican-Lithuanian basketball player (1910–1999)
• Jonathan Lubinb. 1936USAmerican mathematician
• Joseph Lubinb. 1964CACanadian-American entrepreneur
• Lior Lubinb. 1977ILIsraeli basketball coach (1977–2024)
• Erickson Lubinb. 1995USAmerican boxer

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 · 179 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lubin?

We estimate roughly 316 thousand people bear Lubin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Lubin have the most bearers?

Lubin is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled ruben.

How common is Lubin compared with other names?

In Argentina, Lubin is the 37th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

What does the name Lubin mean?

Recorded meaning: From Latin Lupinus/Lubinus, related to lupus, 'wolf'.