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 ...
, it is best known as a masculine name, cognate to
Ljubomir
Lubomir, Lyubomir, Lyubomyr, Lubomír, Ľubomír, or Ljubomir is a Slavic given name meaning lub (love) and mir (peace, world). Feminine forms are: Lubomira and Ljubica.
Nicknames
Lubor, Luboš, Luborek, Lubošek, Borek, Lubo, Ľubo, Ljubo, ...
or
Ljubo Ljubo ( sr, Љубо) is a South Slavic masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Ljubo Babić (1890–1974), Croatian painter
* Ljubo Benčić (1905–1992), Croatian and Yugoslav football player
* Ljubo Boban (1933–1994), Cr ...
. 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:
*
Ljuba Aličić
Ljubomir Aličić (; born 2 November 1955), known by his stage name Ljuba Aličić (), is a Serbian and former FPR-Yugoslavian folk singer
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singe ...
, Serbian Romani folk singer
*
Ljuba Brkić Ljuba may refer to:
* Ljuba (given name), a Slavic given name
* Ljuba, Serbia, a village in Syrmia, Vojvodina
* 1062 Ljuba, an asteroid
See also
* Ljubav (disambiguation)
Ljubav may refer to:
* ''Ljubav'' (Ekatarina Velika album), 1987
* '' ...
, Serbian pianist and piano teacher
*
Ljuba Čupa
Ljubomir S. Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Љубомир С. Јовановић, 1877–25 June 1913), known as Ljuba Čupa (Љуба Чупа), was a Serbian guerilla fighter, member of the Black Hand, soldier in the Balkan Wars, and journalist.
Life
He ...
, Serbian soldier
*
Ljuba Jezdić
Ljubomir "Ljuba" Jezdić ( sr-cyr, Љубомир "Љуба" Јездић; 1 October 1884 — 15 September 1927), known by his ''nom de guerre'' Razvigora (Развигора) was a Serbian Chetnik ''voivode'' (military commander) in the Macedon ...
, Serbian lawyer and soldier
*
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:
*
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 Grandm ...
, Israeli chess grandmaster of Russian origin
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Ljuba Prenner
Ljuba Prenner (19 June 190615 September 1977) was a Slovene lawyer and writer, active in the interwar period. Prenner was assigned female at birth, but from a young age identified as male and began to transition to a male appearance as a teenag ...
, 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
Lyutviyan Mollova ( bg, Лютвиян Моллова, 18 December 1947 – 19 August 2020) was a Bulgarian athlete. She competed in the women's javelin throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the ...
, Bulgarian athlete
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Lyuba Ognenova-Marinova
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Ohrid, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
, death_date =
, death_place = Sofia, Bulgaria
, nationality = Bulgarian
, other_names = Luba Ognenova, Lyuba Ognenova, Ljuba Levova Ognenova-Marinov ...
, Bulgarian archeologist
*
Luba Blum-Bielicka
Luba Bielicka Blum (1906, Wilno, Vilna Governorate - 1973, Warsaw) was a Polish socialist activist of the Bund, and a nurse
Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communiti ...
, Polish nurse and activist
*
Luba Genush
Luba Genush (9 September 1924 – 6 May 2021) was a Canadian multidisciplinary artist of Ukrainian origin. Throughout her career she practiced printmaking and painting, as well as mixed media, drawing, ceramics, computer art, and "collagraphs, ...
, Canadian artist of Ukraininan origin
*
Luba Golovina
Lyubov "Luba" Golovina (russian: Любовь Владимировна Головина; born 20 April 1990) is a Georgian trampoline gymnast of Russian descent who represented Georgia at three Olympiads: at the 2008 Summer Olympics, at the 2 ...
, 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
Luba Jurgenson et, Ljuba Jürgenson, russian: Люба (ou Любовь) Юргенсон (born 1 July 1958) is a French-speaking woman of letters.
She is also a translator, a maître de conférences and codirector (with Anne Coldefy-Faucard) of ...
, French writer of Russian/Estonian origin
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Luba Kadison
Luba Kadison Buloff (December 13, 1906 – May 4, 2006) was a Lithuanian Jewish actress, active for decades in Yiddish theatre, in both Europe and the United States.
Early life
Luba Kadison was born in Kovno, Lithuania. She moved with her family ...
, 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 adopt ...
, Russian-born American paralympic athlete
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Luba Lukova
Luba Lukova is an American visual artist, known for her thought-provoking images and expressive poster designs. Her work has won international acclaim, and is represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Denver ...
, 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 M ...
, 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 a ...
, 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 wo ...
, 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, Slovak writer
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Ľuba Orgonášová
Ľubica (Ľuba) Orgonášová ( �ʎuba ˈorgonaːʃovaːborn January 22, 1961) is a Slovak operatic soprano, who is particularly known for her interpretation of Mozart roles.
Born in Bratislava, Slovakia to economist and secretary parents who lo ...
, 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 *Ljupka is a Croatian and Macedonian female given name
Those with the name include:
*Ljupka Dimitrovska
Ljupka Dimitrovska ( mk, Љупка Димитровска; 25 July 1946 – 3 October 2016) was a Macedonian-born Croatian singer. Intern ...
,
Ljubinka,
Ľubica
Ľubica ( hu, Leibic, german: Leibitz, rue, Любіца) is a large village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia. It is now a mostly housing development district with many panel block houses.
History
In ...
,
Ljubana.
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