Ljuba (given name)

Ljuba is a Slavic given name. In the Serbian language, 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:

* Ljuba Aličić, Serbian Romani folk singer * Ljuba Čupa, Serbian soldier * Ljuba Jezdić, Serbian lawyer and soldier * Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor

The feminine name may refer to:

* Ljuba Kristol, Israeli chess grandmaster of Russian origin * Ljuba Monastirskaja, Latvian textile artist * Ljuba Prenner, Slovene lawyer and writer (assigned female at birth and a feminine name) * Ljuba Welitsch, Bulgarian actress * Lyuba Mollova, Bulgarian athlete * Lyuba Ognenova-Marinova, Bulgarian archeologist * Luba Blum-Bielicka, Polish nurse and activist * Luba Drozd (born 1982), Ukrainian-American installation artist * Luba Genush, Canadian artist of Ukraininan origin * Luba Golovina, Georgian trampolinist of Russian descent * Luba Goy (born 1945), Canadian actress and comedian of Ukrainian/German origin * Luba Jurgenson, French writer of Russian/Estonian origin * Luba Kadison, Lithuanian Jewish actress * Luba Lowery, Russian-born American paralympic athlete * Luba Lukova, American visual artist of Bulgarian origin * Luba Marks, an American fashion designer and former French-Russian ballet dancer * Luba Mason, American singer and actress of Slovak descent * Luba Mirella, Italian opera singer of Polish origin * Luba Mushtuk, Russian dancer and choreographer * Luba Robin Goldsmith, Ukrainian-born American physician and clubwoman * Luba Skořepová, Czech actress * Luba Sterlikova, Russian-American artist * Luba (singer) (born 1958), Canadian music artist of Ukrainian descent * Ľuba Lesná, Slovak writer * Ľuba Orgonášová, Slovak opera singer

Derivative forms include Ljubica, Ljupka, Ljubinka, Ľubica, Ljubana. Provided by Wikipedia