Entry № 8341 · Sumerian origin

Puabi Puabi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PWAH-bee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sumerian
Meaning
"Sumerian Queen of Ur (c. 2600 BCE)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sumerian)

A name that means "sumerian queen of ur (c. 2600 bce)".

Puabi (𒅤𒀀𒉿) was the Akkadian-Sumerian queen of Ur (c. Her name means "word of my father."

Her tomb is one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century.

Sumerian Queen of Ur (c. 2600 BCE) — a Sumerian name.

The name in its native script.

𒅤𒀀𒉿
Transliteration
Puabi
Pronunciation
/ ˈpwɑː.bi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Puabi stands.

Puabi does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Puabis before her.

Real people
Queen Puabi
Sumerian Queen of Ur.
c. 2600 BCE
In fiction
Puabi
Subject of British Museum exhibits.

Names connected to Puabi.

The number behind Puabi.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Puabi reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.