| The girl name Ebba [ 2 syll. eb-ba, ebb-a ] is pronounced EHBah KEY. Ebba's origin is Germanic, and its use, German. Derived from eber meaning 'boar' ; ead meaning 'wealth' ; burg meaning 'protection, castle'. Eadburga (Old English) is an original form of Ebba. The name is a short form of various Germanic compound names starting with 'Eber-' and hence containing the element 'eber', such as Eberhard. Alternatively, the name is also a 19th century form of the Old English Eadburga, which is of the components 'ead' and 'burg'. The name was borne by Saint Ebba (Aebbe) the Elder (615-683), who founded monasteries in Scotland, and Saint Ebba (Aebbe) the Younger (-870), who was an abbess in one of the monasteries in south-east Scotland. Ebba is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1901, 0.007% of baby girls were given the name Ebba. It had a ranking of #751 then. The baby name has seen a drop in popularity since then, and is of only irregular use today. Within all girl names in its family, Ebba was nonetheless the most popular in 2007. Baby names that sound like Ebba include Effi (German), Effie (English), Eva (English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Evie (English), and Ava (German and English). KEY: English pronunciation for Ebba: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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