Saba Forename
2,127th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 476,061 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Eritrea
Saba Forename Definition:
A correspondent of N. Q. (3rd S. iv. 369) quotes the following from Sydney Smith’s Memoirs, vol. i. p. 22), touching the name given by the latter to his daughter. ‘Being now in possession of a daughter, it becomes necessary to give her a name, and nobody would believe the meditations, the consultations, and the comical discussions we held on this important point.
Read More About This ForenameSaba Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 100% | 188,192 | 1:1,033 | 195 |
| Eritrea | 96% | 66,356 | 1:72 | 17 |
| India | 85% | 56,205 | 1:21,615 | 3,081 |
| Iraq | 90% | 34,125 | 1:1,026 | 244 |
| Iran | 100% | 33,442 | 1:2,347 | 345 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16,414 | 1:5,944 | 941 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 13,638 | 1:2,259 | 385 |
| Georgia | 100% | 8,624 | 1:433 | 101 |
| Nigeria | 76% | 7,502 | 1:23,669 | 2,277 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 7,332 | 1:21,749 | 2,427 |
| Syria | - | 3,932 | 1:4,910 | 591 |
| Benin | 100% | 3,589 | 1:2,947 | 607 |
| United States | 91% | 3,361 | 1:107,866 | 4,663 |
| Yemen | - | 3,313 | 1:7,937 | 639 |
| Egypt | 91% | 3,188 | 1:28,827 | 1,968 |
| Sudan | - | 2,578 | 1:14,665 | 1,593 |
| Jordan | 96% | 2,086 | 1:4,231 | 553 |
| England | 100% | 1,781 | 1:31,220 | 1,731 |
| Afghanistan | 86% | 1,684 | 1:19,373 | 1,498 |
| Lebanon | 71% | 1,426 | 1:3,946 | 636 |
| Indonesia | 83% | 1,348 | 1:191,368 | 18,711 |
| Oman | 64% | 1,345 | 1:3,055 | 438 |
| Canada | 62% | 1,233 | 1:26,872 | 2,213 |
| Qatar | 100% | 846 | 1:2,801 | 388 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 744 | 1:12,961 | 1,486 |
| Palestine | 52% | 686 | 1:6,633 | 724 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 644 | 1:32,297 | 3,883 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 594 | 1:410 | 112 |
| Mali | 63% | 552 | 1:30,757 | 1,962 |
| Sweden | 97% | 528 | 1:18,670 | 1,338 |
| Israel | 86% | 472 | 1:17,803 | 1,771 |
| Ivory Coast | 53% | 461 | 1:50,056 | 3,711 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 460 | 1:15,196 | 1,315 |
| DR Congo | 74% | 452 | 1:163,335 | 7,629 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 409 | 1:129,067 | 6,479 |
| Poland | 100% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Albania | 99% | 319 | 1:9,550 | 1,528 |
| Italy | 68% | 302 | 1:202,192 | 2,886 |
| Turkey | 94% | 302 | 1:257,622 | 5,035 |
| Malaysia | 50% | 295 | 1:103,220 | 7,195 |
| Germany | 83% | 267 | 1:362,089 | 4,343 |
| Bahrain | - | 252 | 1:5,352 | 871 |
| Russia | 63% | 250 | 1:576,935 | 5,977 |
| Spain | 73% | 217 | 1:214,424 | 4,221 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 214 | 1:78,982 | 4,500 |
| Kuwait | - | 199 | 1:19,021 | 2,052 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 195 | 1:36,677 | 3,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 70% | 175 | 1:46,585 | 4,512 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 174 | 1:173,574 | 6,651 |
| Australia | - | 169 | 1:80,814 | 3,203 |
| Burkina Faso | 65% | 159 | 1:115,594 | 6,019 |
| Thailand | 91% | 148 | 1:473,418 | 22,939 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 135 | 1:397 | 111 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 124 | 1:84,123 | 4,669 |
| Nicaragua | 69% | 124 | 1:48,535 | 2,404 |
| France | 82% | 115 | 1:578,003 | 5,833 |
| Morocco | 100% | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 102 | 1:34,554 | 2,025 |
| South Africa | 52% | 99 | 1:550,835 | 25,554 |
| Norway | 100% | 97 | 1:52,911 | 2,149 |
| Brazil | 100% | 90 | 1:2,380,402 | 47,463 |
| Nepal | 54% | 87 | 1:327,441 | 11,504 |
| Cambodia | 83% | 86 | 1:189,225 | 6,237 |
| Senegal | 86% | 83 | 1:175,679 | 3,792 |
| Liberia | 74% | 70 | 1:63,029 | 3,121 |
| Cameroon | 59% | 68 | 1:317,802 | 11,769 |
| New Zealand | - | 66 | 1:68,728 | 3,357 |
| Uganda | 85% | 65 | 1:630,106 | 13,203 |
| Kazakhstan | 82% | 59 | 1:300,794 | 5,601 |
| Colombia | 92% | 57 | 1:838,227 | 10,351 |
| Argentina | 50% | 56 | 1:763,808 | 4,538 |
| Scotland | 99% | 55 | 1:97,279 | 2,334 |
| Switzerland | 90% | 54 | 1:152,102 | 3,986 |
| Denmark | - | 53 | 1:106,594 | 3,018 |
| Peru | 74% | 50 | 1:635,829 | 10,301 |
| Niger | 63% | 49 | 1:391,510 | 8,671 |
| Mexico | 81% | 46 | 1:2,698,792 | 14,064 |
| Paraguay | 61% | 37 | 1:195,589 | 3,228 |
| Lesotho | 96% | 36 | 1:56,667 | 5,773 |
| Panama | 100% | 36 | 1:108,515 | 5,216 |
| Philippines | 62% | 36 | 1:2,944,708 | 59,101 |
| Singapore | 100% | 29 | 1:216,795 | 8,671 |
| Kosovo | - | 21 | 1:88,640 | 5,153 |
| Belgium | 100% | 20 | 1:574,502 | 8,765 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 19 | 1:35,626 | 2,100 |
| China | - | 15 | 1:91,070,385 | 64,310 |
| Wales | 88% | 15 | 1:206,287 | 3,673 |
| Finland | 70% | 13 | 1:421,783 | 5,250 |
| Guinea | - | 12 | 1:988,221 | 3,313 |
| Honduras | 100% | 12 | 1:734,789 | 9,414 |
| Zambia | - | 12 | 1:1,321,233 | 17,217 |
| Zimbabwe | 80% | 12 | 1:1,285,318 | 41,030 |
| Ukraine | 73% | 11 | 1:4,136,355 | 7,862 |
| Kenya | - | 10 | 1:4,630,711 | 25,538 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Ghana | 100% | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Greece | 100% | 9 | 1:1,214,950 | 9,925 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 9 | 1:2,641,076 | 57,947 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Chile | 78% | 8 | 1:2,200,901 | 14,453 |
| Congo | 100% | 7 | 1:715,601 | 13,459 |
| Ireland | - | 6 | 1:773,920 | 6,824 |
| Hong Kong | - | 6 | 1:1,292,121 | 6,806 |
| Hungary | 81% | 6 | 1:1,631,962 | 4,089 |
| Iceland | - | 6 | 1:61,003 | 3,164 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 6 | 1:995,546 | 22,001 |
| Belarus | 67% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Cuba | - | 5 | 1:2,301,310 | 5,387 |
| Maldives | 100% | 5 | 1:86,781 | 2,313 |
| Mauritania | 60% | 5 | 1:819,048 | 12,822 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 5 | 1:272,284 | 13,349 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Czechia | 89% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Slovenia | - | 4 | 1:614,690 | 6,214 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Sabá (6), Sába (2), Šaba (1), Sabà (1) & Şaba (1) are calculated separately.
Saba (188,181) may also be a surname.
Saba Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A correspondent of N. Q. (3rd S. iv. 369) quotes the following from Sydney Smith’s Memoirs, vol. i. p. 22), touching the name given by the latter to his daughter. ‘Being now in possession of a daughter, it becomes necessary to give her a name, and nobody would believe the meditations, the consultations, and the comical discussions we held on this important point.’ At last he determined to invent one, and Saba was the result. Another correspondent of the same journal (3rd S. iv. 416) remarks, ‘Sydney Smith did not invent the name Saba; he only feminized it. There are two saints so called in the Romish Calendar, one of whom has a basilica at Rome.’ The name would seem to be from Saba, founder of the Sabeans, in Hebrew םבא, S’bhá, signifying ‘eminent.’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Saba Forename Popularity
Saba Demographics
Average Male Saba Height
175.83 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 35 (2014)
Average Female Saba Height
165.79 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 19 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Saba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saba in the Russian language | ||
| Саба | saba | - |
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