Adeeba
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-DEE-bah
- Origin
- Arabic
Adeeba is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “cultured, refined”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Adeeba mean?
Arabic: Arabic adiba, from adab 'refinement, literature'
“cultured, refined”
Feminine of Adeeb; adab is the Arabic idea of good manners and literary culture.
Is Adeeba a girl's or a boy's name?
Adeeba is a girls' name.
How popular is Adeeba in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Adeeba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Adeeba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,381 |
Names like Adeeba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Habiba Aysha Faiza Salma Safia Saba Afifa Sabiha Humaira Samira Nafisa Fariha
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Adeeba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adeeba, updated 20 October 2026.