What does the name Jaba mean?

Jaba means "Hibiscus flower; red flower beloved by Kali". It is a girl's name of Bengali origin.

Jaba

Jaba means Hibiscus flower; red flower beloved by Kali.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

Gender	girl
Origin	Bengali
Language	Bengali
Starts with	J

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Hibiscus flower; red flower beloved by Kali”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Bhairabi — Fierce goddess, Kali; morning raga in music
Kalidasan — Meanings families give: Servant of Kali; Devotee of Kali, servant of the goddess
Zara — Meanings families give: Princess, blooming flower; Princess, blooming flower, radiance; Princess, flower; popular in diaspora; Flower, princess; Princess, flower, radiance; Flower, shining, princess
Reyaan — Flower in paradise
Zaira — Blooming flower, radiant princess
Keya — Meanings families give: A flower, monsoon flower; A flower; monsoon flower

More girls' names of Bengali origin

Shiuli — Night jasmine flower; fragrant autumn bloom
Oishee — Divine, of God; belonging to the divine
Doyel — The Oriental Magpie Robin; national bird of Bangladesh
Brishti — Rain; the blessed monsoon rains
Mili — To meet, to unite
Reeya — Singer; one with a melodious voice

Where this comes from

Jaba has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.