Tuba (also Anglicised as Tooba, Touba, or less frequently Toba;
English Translations of Verse 13:29 of the Koran.
Retrieved 15 December 2011.) is a female name of Arabic origin. It has been common since the 1970s in Turkey
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,[Derya Duman. "A Characterization of Turkish Personal Name Inventory". ''International Journal of the Sociology of Language.'' 165 (2004), p. 165. Retrieved 15 December 2011.] but it has also been used in other parts of the Muslim world
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, notably in Pakistan
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, where it is spelled in Urdu
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. This name derives from Ṭūbā
Ṭūbā () is a tree which grows in Jannah (the Garden of Eden) according to Islam.
The term is mentioned in the Quran in surah ar-Ra'd, verse 29: "Those who believed, and work righteousness, Tuba is for them and a beautiful place of (final) retu ...
, a tree that Muslims
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believe grows in heaven.
People
Toba
* Toba Khedoori (born 1964), Australian artist of Iraqi heritage
Tooba
*Tooba Siddiqui
Tooba Siddiqui, () is a Pakistani actress and model. Siddiqui started her career by starring in a music video "My Love" for pop singer, Yasir Akhtar. She began modeling for the Pakistani fashion industry in the early 2000s. She has appeared in ...
(born 1984), Pakistani model
* Tooba Syed (born 1991), Pakistani feminist
Tuba
*Hilal Tuba Tosun Ayer
Hilal Tuba Tosun Ayer (born Hilal Tuba Tosun in 1970) is a Turkish retired female association football
referee and teacher of physical education by profession. She is a FIFA listed woman referee since 2000.
Early life
Hilal Tuba Tosun was born ...
(born 1970), Turkish female referee
* Tuba Büyüküstün (born 1982), Turkish television and film actress
*Tuba Ünsal
Tuba Ünsal (born 7 December 1981) is a Turkish actress and model.
Biography
Tuba Ünsal was born in Denizli on 7 December 1981. Her paternal family, who are of Turkish origin, emigrated from Greece. Other part of her maternal family is Oghu ...
(born 1981), Turkish actress and model
* Tuba Yenen (born 1991), Turkish karateka
Tuğba
*Ahu Tuğba
Ahu Tuğba (born Tuğba Çetin; 13 August 1955 – 1 September 2024) was a Turkish actress.
Life and career
Tuğba was born into a wealthy family in Istanbul on 13 August 1955. She graduated from Istanbul's American High School for Girls, high ...
(real name Tuğba Çetin) (1955-2024), Turkish actress
*Tuğba Danışmaz
Tuğba Danışmaz (born 1 September 1999) is a Turkish track and field athlete competing in the long jump and triple jump. She won the gold medal for the triple jump at the 2023 European Indoor Championships. Danışmaz claimed silver and gold ...
(born 1999), Turkish long jump and triple jump athlete
* Tuğba Daşdemir (born 1987), Turkish skier
* Tuğba Ekinci (born 1974), Turkish pop singer
* Tuğba Karademir (born 1985), Turkish figure skater
* (born 1991), Turkish middle distance runner
*Tuğba Karataş
Tuğba Karataş (March 17, 1992) is a Turkish women's association football, women's football midfielder (association football), midfielder, who plays in the Turkish Women's Football Super League, Turkish Women's Super League for Fomget Gençlik v ...
(born 1992), Turkish footballer
*Tuğba Önal
Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "", composed by Erdinç Tunç, with lyrics by Canan Tunç, and performed by Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik. The Turkish participating broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Televi ...
(born 1974), Turkish singer
*Tuğba Özay
Nihal Tuğba Özay (born February 10, 1978) is a Turkish model and singer. She was elected the first runner-up in the Miss Model of the World contest in 1995.
Early life
Özay was born in Istanbul on February 10, 1978. Her mother, a teacher and ...
(born 1978), Turkish model-turned-singer and a famous star in Turkey
*Tuğba Palazoğlu
Emine Tuğba Palazoğlu (born 4 December 1980) is a Turkish former professional basketball player.
Honors
;Galatasaray Women's Basketball Team, Galatasaray
*Turkish Presidents Cup
**Winners (1): 2008
*EuroCup Women
**Winners (1): 2008–2009
;F ...
(born 1980), Turkish professional basketball player
*Tuğba Şenoğlu
Tuğba Şenoğlu İvegin (born 2 February 1998) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is tall and plays in the wing spiker position for Türk Hava Yolları (women's volleyball), Türk Hava Yolları in Turkey. She is part of the team which qualifi ...
(born 1998), Turkish volleyball player
*Tuğba Taşçı
Tuğba Taşçı (born 19 August 1984) is a Turkish professional basketball player, formally of Kayseri Kaski.
See also
* Turkish women in sports
Turkish women have an active participation in many sports branches and have won several importan ...
(born 1984), Turkish professional basketball player
*Tuğba Yurt
Tuğba Yurt (born 2 September 1987) is a Turkish singer.
Early life
Yurt was born in Belgium, due to her father's work there, but her family returned to Gemlik in the Bursa Province when she was only eight months old. She studied at the Bursa ...
(born 1987), a Turkish singer
References
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Arabic-language feminine given names
Feminine given names
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