Jujube as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jujube

What is the meaning of the name Jujube ?

The baby name Jujube is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdʒuːdʒuːb/ (JOO-joob).

Jujube is Chinese in Origin.

Borrowed into English from French jujube, ultimately linked to Medieval Latin jujuba and the classical plant name Ziziphus (Greek ziziphos), Jujube names the sweet red-brown fruit also called the Chinese date. The word appears in English by the early modern era, and by the 1800s also labeled soothing lozenges and bright gumdrops. In Chinese and Korean wedding customs, jujubes symbolize fertility and auspicious beginnings, adding a note of good-luck lore to the name.

As a given name, Jujube is a modern, very rare, nature-and-candy word choice with playful, reduplicative rhythm. It skews feminine in contemporary usage but is essentially unisex. Nicknames and variants include Juju, Jube, Juby, and the whimsical spelling Jujubee; Portuguese Jujuba and Italian Giuggiola are cognates. Meaning centers on the jujube fruit or Chinese date, suggesting sweetness, hardiness, and longevity thanks to the drought-tolerant tree.

⚙ Jujube is exceptionally rare. There are only 7 recorded uses on record, spread over 5 countries.