Tuba
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TOO-bah
- Origin
- Arabic
Tuba is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “blessedness; a tree in Paradise”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tuba mean?
Arabic: Arabic Tuba (Tooba), also widely used in Turkey
“blessedness; a tree in Paradise”
From Arabic Tuba, a tree said in Islamic tradition to stand in Paradise; the word also means blessedness.
Is Tuba a girl's or a boy's name?
Tuba is a girls' name.
How popular is Tuba in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tuba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tuba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 2 | #7,280 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
Names like Tuba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Zainab, Hiba, Rahma, Amira, Safaa, Khadija, Huda, Abeeha, Aaliyah, Zoha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Tuba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tuba, updated 20 October 2026.