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Saba

girl name
Origin
Amharic
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

refers to the Queen of Sheba; also means 'morning'

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Saba has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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Popularity in Brazil

98 people · the #41,927 first name in Brazil · median age 48

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Saba

Most people given the name Saba in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Saba

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The Saba deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Saba truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Saba fits with your family’s names and surname.

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Where Saba travels

Urdu and Pakistani · the gentle morning breeze of Persian and Urdu poetry; a ghazal word turned girls' name, common in the Pakistani mothers' generation

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