- Origin: Arabic لبنى
- Gender: feminine
- Meaning: “storax tree.”
- Pronunciation: LOOB-nah
The name comes directly from the Arabic word for the storax tree. This is an old poetic name, it appears in a 7th-century Arabic love poem, Lubna & Qays.
It was also reportedly borne by Lubna of Córdoba, a 10th-century Andalusian poet.
Another transliteration is Loubna.
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