The baby name Ebbah is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced EB-bah (IPA: /ˈɛbə/ or /ˈɛbɑ/).
Ebbah is Germanic in Origin.
The baby name Ebbah is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced EB-bah (IPA: /ˈɛbə/ or /ˈɛbɑ/).
Ebbah is Germanic in Origin.
Ebbah is a modern respelling of Ebba, a Scandinavian feminine name with deep Germanic roots. Through the medieval Danish/Norwegian masculine Ebbe - short for names such as Eberhard - it traces to Old High German ebur “wild boar” and hard “brave, strong,” yielding the meaning “brave like a wild boar” or “strong one.” In the British Isles the name also echoes the 7th‑century Northumbrian abbess Saint Æbbe (often rendered Ebba), which helped transmit the form into later vernaculars.
Today Ebba ranks highly in Sweden and appears across Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Germany; Ebbah itself is rare and stylistic, preserving the same pronunciation (EB-ah). Variants and related forms include Ebba, Æbbe, Ebbe (masculine), Eberhard, Evert, and pet names Ebbie/Ebbe. The name carries a brisk, antique‑modern profile: saintly in the Anglo‑Saxon tradition yet fashionably Nordic in contemporary use. Not related to Hebrew Abba.
Ebbah is rarely chosen. In all, it turns up just 25 times, across 6 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #359 | 3 | 8,138 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #996 | 6 | 16,906 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,071 | 2 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,229 | 8 | 25,928 |
Ebbah is popular in 6 countries — most recent births per country:
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