Ljuba

Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Czech
Scripts Љуба(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced Pron. LYOO-ba(Serbian, Croatian) LYOO-ba(Czech)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From the Slavic element ľuby meaning "love", or a short form of names beginning with that element. It is typically masculine in Serbia and feminine elsewhere.

Related Names

VariantsLjubo(Serbian) Ljubica(Croatian) Ljubica(Slovene) Ljubica(Macedonian) Liběna, Libuše(Czech)
Other Languages & CulturesLiubou(Belarusian) Lubomir, Lyuba, Lyubomir(Bulgarian) Ļubova(Latvian) Ľubomirŭ(Old Slavic) Lubomierz(Polish) Lioubov, Liubov, Ljubov, Lubov, Lyubov, Liouba, Luba, Lyuba, Lyubochka(Russian) Ľuba, Ľubica, Ľubomír(Slovak) Liubov, Lubov, Lyubov, Luba, Lyuba, Lyubochka(Ukrainian)

Popularity

Name Days

Croatia: July 18
Czechia: February 16

Categories

isograms, love
Entry updated April 23, 2024