Entry № 7409 · Sumerian origin

Nidaba Nidaba — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nih-DAH-bah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sumerian
Meaning
"Sumerian goddess of writing and accounting"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sumerian)

A name that means "sumerian goddess of writing and accounting".

Nidaba (or Nisaba) was the Sumerian goddess of writing, accounting, scribes, grain, and astrology — daughter of An (the sky) and patroness of the city of Umma. Every Sumerian scribal text traditionally ended with the phrase "Praise to Nidaba!" Before becoming the writing goddess, she was originally the goddess of grain — the connection reflecting that early cuneiform was used for accounting harvests.

Featured throughout Sumerian and Old Babylonian scribal literature.

Sumerian goddess of writing. 'Praise to Nidaba!' closed every Sumerian scribal text.

The name in its native script.

𒀭𒉀
Transliteration
Nidaba
Pronunciation
/ nɪˈdɑː.bə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nidaba stands.

Nidaba 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.

Nidabas before her.

Real people
Nidaba
Sumerian goddess of writing.
In fiction
Nidaba
Sumerian scribal literature.

Names connected to Nidaba.

The number behind Nidaba.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nidaba reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.