Entry № 1251 · Irish origin

Banba Banba — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BAHN-vah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Irish sovereignty goddess (poetic name for Ireland)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Irish)

A name that means "irish sovereignty goddess (poetic name for ireland)".

Banba is one of the three sovereignty goddesses of Ireland — sister of Ériu and Fódla. Banba is sometimes used as a poetic name for Ireland itself.

Rare but iconic in Irish mythology.

Irish sovereignty. A poetic name for Ireland.

The name in its native script.

Banba
Transliteration
Banba
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɑːn.və /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Banba stands.

Banba does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Banbas before her.

Real people
Banba
Irish sovereignty goddess.
In fiction
Banba
Sister of Ériu and Fódla.
Irish mythology

Names connected to Banba.

The number behind Banba.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Banba reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.