girl name · Source-indexed record
Quba
قبة
Quba is an Arabic name for boys and girls that is the name of a place in the city of Medina where the first mosque of Islam was built. The mosque itself is known as Quba Mosque. The meaning of the word may be that which is built up, that which has been erected, from the word Qabaa (he built).
- Arabic spelling
- قبة
- Pronunciation
- KOO-bahAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- ArabicSource-stated
- Gender
- girl
- First letter
- Q
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Quba
Quba is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a female name. The source records its meaning as “Quba is an Arabic name for boys and girls that is the name of a place in the city of Medina where the first mosque of Islam was built. The mosque itself is known as Quba Mosque. The meaning of the word may be that which is built up, that which has been erected, from the word Qabaa (he built).”. Its origin label is stated directly in the source text. Its reader-friendly phonetic spelling is generated deterministically from the published transliteration and should be reviewed for names with complex or region-specific pronunciation.
Meaning and Arabic spelling are sourced from the Muslim Names Dataset or, where provided, the record-specific provenance URL. Origin labels are source-stated where available or transparently inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Phonetic respellings are generated reading guides, not native-speaker recordings. See Sources & methodology for data limitations.