Entry № 5603 · Sumerian origin

Kubaba Kubaba — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ koo-BAH-bah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sumerian
Meaning
"First known queen in history (Sumerian)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sumerian)

A name that means "first known queen in history (sumerian)".

Kubaba (also Ku-Baba, 𒆬𒀭𒁀𒌑) was a queen of Kish (c. 2500 BCE) — the only woman listed on the Sumerian King List as a sovereign monarch, and thus the first historically documented female ruler in human history. The Sumerian King List records her as a former tavern-keeper who founded a dynasty.

Rare but iconic in ancient Near Eastern studies.

First known female monarch in human history (c. 2500 BCE).

The name in its native script.

𒆬𒀭𒁀𒌑
Transliteration
Kubaba
Pronunciation
/ kuːˈbɑː.bə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kubaba stands.

Kubaba 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.

Kubabas before her.

Real people
Kubaba
First documented female monarch.
c. 2500 BCE
In fiction
Kubaba
Sumerian queen of Kish.
Sumerian King List

Names connected to Kubaba.

The number behind Kubaba.

2

The Peacemaker

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