Ljuba is a
Slavic given name
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries.
The main types of Slavic names:
* Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ...
. In the
Serbian language
Serbian (, ) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs. It is the official and national language of Serbia, one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina and co-official in Montenegro and K ...
, it is best known as a masculine name, cognate to
Ljubomir or
Ljubo. In other Slavic languages it's more often a feminine name (Czech, Bulgarian, Macedonian), cognate to
Lyubov, and also spelled Lyuba (Bulgarian Люба), Luba (Ukrainian and Russian Люба; Czech, Polish), Ľuba (Slovak).
The masculine name may refer to:
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Ljuba Aličić, Serbian Romani folk singer
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Ljuba Brkić, Serbian pianist and piano teacher
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Ljuba Čupa, Serbian soldier
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Ljuba Jezdić, Serbian lawyer and soldier
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Ljuba Tadić
Ljubomir "Ljuba" Tadić ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Љуба Тадић; 31 May 1929 – 28 October 2005) was a Yugoslav actor who enjoyed a reputation as one of the greatest names in the history of former Yugoslav cinema.
Biography
He made his scr ...
, Serbian actor
The feminine name may refer to:
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Ljuba Kristol
Ljuba Danielovna Kristol ( he, לובה דניאלובנה קריסטול; russian: Любовь Даниэловна Кристол; born May 26, 1944, in Leningrad) is a Russian-born Israeli chess player who holds the ICCF title of Lady Grandma ...
, Israeli chess grandmaster of Russian origin
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Ljuba Prenner, Slovene lawyer and writer (assigned female at birth and a feminine name)
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Ljuba Welitsch
Ljuba Welitsch (''Veličkova''; bg, Люба Величкова 10 July 1913 – 1 September 1996) was an operatic soprano. She was born in Borisovo, Bulgaria, studied in Sofia and Vienna, and sang in opera houses in Austria and Germany in ...
, Bulgarian actress
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Lyuba Mollova, Bulgarian athlete
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Lyuba Ognenova-Marinova, Bulgarian archeologist
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Luba Blum-Bielicka, Polish nurse and activist
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Luba Genush, Canadian artist of Ukraininan origin
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Luba Golovina
Lyubov "Luba" Golovina (russian: Любовь Владимировна Головина; born 20 April 1990) is a Georgian trampoline gymnast
Trampolining or trampoline gymnastics is a competitive Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrob ...
, Georgian trampolinist of Russian descent
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Luba Goy
Luba Goy ( uk, Люба Ґой; born November 8, 1945) is a Canadian actress, comedian and one of the stars of ''Royal Canadian Air Farce''.
Life and career
Goy was born in Haltern, Germany, to Ukrainian parents and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Ca ...
(born 1945), Canadian actress and comedian of Ukrainian/German origin
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Luba Jurgenson, French writer of Russian/Estonian origin
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Luba Kadison, Lithuanian Jewish actress
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Luba Lowery
Luba Lowery is a Russian-born American paralympic athlete. Lowery represented the United States in the 2010 Paralympic Games. Lowery has been involved in both competitive skiing and swimming.
Biography
Lowery was born in Russia and was adop ...
, Russian-born American paralympic athlete
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Luba Lukova, American visual artist of Bulgarian origin
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Luba Marks
Luba Marks (November 28, 1921 – July 5, 2020) was a Bulgarian-born French-American fashion designer of Russian descent specializing in sportswear from the 1950s to the 1980s. Prior to this, under the name Lubov Roudenko, she was a former soloist ...
, an American fashion designer and former French-Russian ballet dancer
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Luba Mason
Luba Mason is an American actress, singer, songwriter and dancer. She has starred on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theaters in plays and musicals and television and film. As a singer, she has performed in International Jazz and Music Festiva ...
, American singer and actress of Slovak descent
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Luba Mirella
Luba (or Ljuba) Mirella (''née'' Ljuba Wagenheim; 13 April 1894, Rostov – 4 March 1972, Milan) was an Italian coloratura soprano of Polish descent. Her name is sometimes given in cast lists as Mirella Luba and Mirella Lubov.
Biography
Luba Mi ...
, Italian opera singer of Polish origin
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Luba Mushtuk
Luba Mushtuk (Russian: Люба Муштук; born 14 November 1989) is a Russian dancer and choreographer.
Early life
Mushtuk was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Career
Mushtuk was four-time winner of the Italian Dance Championship and is al ...
, Russian dancer and choreographer
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Luba Robin Goldsmith
Luba Robin Goldsmith (January 17, 1879 – October 7, 1931) was a Ukrainian-born American physician and clubwoman based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Early life
Luba Natalia Robin was born in Uman, Ukraine (then in the Russian Empire), the daught ...
, Ukrainian-born American physician and clubwoman
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, Czech actress
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Luba Sterlikova
Luba Sterlikova (Russian: Люба Стерликова ), born in 1956, Moscow, Russia, USSR, is a Russian-American artist, author and art curator. She is best known for her cosmic art works and poster art research.
Artist
Luba Sterlikova w ...
, Russian-American artist
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Luba (singer)
Luba (born Lubomyra Kowalchyk ( uk, Любомира Ковальчук), April 24, 1958) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and recording artist from Quebec. She was professionally active from 1980 to 1990, 2000 to 2001 and is active aga ...
(born 1958), Canadian music artist of Ukrainian descent
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Ľuba Lesná
Ľuba Lesná (born 21 March 1954) is a contemporary Slovak investigative journalist, filmmaker, novelist, and playwright. While her earlier work focused on plays, since Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution she has worked primarily as a journalist, w ...
, Slovak writer
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Ľuba Orgonášová, Slovak opera singer
Derivative forms include
Ljubica
Ljubica ( sr-cyr, Љубица and mk, Љубица) is a Slavic feminine given name meaning "love" or "kiss", where -ica is a diminutive suffix. Also, ''ljubica'' means violet, while the actual flower is ''ljubičica'', a superdiminutive. It is ...
,
Ljupka,
Ljubinka,
Ľubica,
Ljubana.
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