Ebba is a girl's name of English origin meaning “strong.” In 2024 it was given to 15 girls in the United States.
Ebba at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
English & American
Meaning
“strong”
Also spelled
Eberhard
About the name Ebba
Ebba belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “strong” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Eberhard.
In the United States, Ebba first appears in Social Security records in 1888. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #595 in 1888, and in 2024 15 babies received the name — 899 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.