Coumba
West Africa · Girl · 2 syllables
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About the name Coumba
The name 'Coumba' means "born on Tuesday" and derives from the Fula (Fulfulde) word *kumba* for Tuesday.
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Etymology
The name 'Coumba' means "born on Tuesday" and derives from the Fula (Fulfulde) word *kumba* for Tuesday. It is primarily used among the Fula and Mandinka peoples of West Africa, often in Muslim communities, and is notably associated with the 19th-century Senegambian queen and resistance leader Coumba Ndoffène Diouf.
Coumba currently ranks #13,580 in the United States as a girl's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2014.
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