Lubna

• 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.

Sources

• https://www.behindthename.com/name/lubna
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubna
• https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/lubna/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storax_balsam