Cuba
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Cuba by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Cuba.
Its American peak was 29 babies in 1898, making it a 1890s name.
What we can tell you about Cuba
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cuba. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Cub3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Cuba
Names that are said the same way as Cuba, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kubaform of Jacob; may he protect14 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Cuba
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