Entry № 6063 · Arabic origin

Lubna Lubna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LOOB-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Storax tree, scent"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "storax tree, scent".

Lubna (لبنى) is the Arabic name for the storax tree — a fragrant flowering tree native to the Levant. The legendary beloved Lubna bint al-Hubab was the muse of the Umayyad poet Qays ibn Dharih in their famous tragic romance.

Lubna is widely used across the Arab world. Lubna Olayan (born 1955) is the Saudi businesswoman.

Storax tree. The Arab poetic beloved.

The name in its native script.

لبنى
Transliteration
Lubnā
Pronunciation
/ ˈluːb.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lubna stands.

Lubna 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.

Lubnas before her.

Real people
Lubna Olayan
Saudi businesswoman.
born 1955
In fiction
Lubna bint al-Hubab
Qays's beloved in Arab poetry.
7th-century Arab tale

Names connected to Lubna.

The number behind Lubna.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lubna reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.