Laban
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning white.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Laban by the numbers
Laban was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 1932, making it a 1930s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Laban. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean white
Like Laban, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Finnfair or white706 in England and Wales (2025)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Arjunbright; shining; white136 in England and Wales (2025)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Laban
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