Heba
Only about two dozen women in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one. The root is Hebrew, and it means "gift".
Heba Pronunciation
Heba is pronounced KHE-bah (/ˈxɛba/).
What Heba means
Where Heba comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Heba comes from a Semitic root that means to give. The short meaning sits right there. In English it reads as gift, in Polish as dar. Hebrew and Arabic both grew from that root, so the name carries one plain idea across two languages.
In Arabic the spelling هبة is read as a gift or a grant. That is where most families meet the name now, and the Arabic association runs strong even though the etymology reaches back into Hebrew. There are no common diminutives, no cross-gender pair. Heba stays as it is.
On a Polish class register the name looks short and self-contained. It has no imieniny fixed in the calendar, so the day belongs to the child rather than a saint. What stays constant is the meaning underneath: gift, dar.
How many people are named Heba
1 in 939326 women in Poland is named Heba. 24 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8773 among female names.