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Kubrick

Quick answerKubrick is a surname of Slavic origin derived from the root "kub" or "kuba," which relates to a cube or rounded shape, with the diminutive suffix "-rick" indicating a small version or familial connection.

Slavic · Boy · 2 syllables

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Popularity & facts

Relative popularity index, 2010–2025
GenderBoy
US Rank#13,229
TrendVintage
Peak year2013
Syllables2
OriginSlavic
LanguageSlavic
CultureEastern European
ReligionJudaism
Letters7
Numerology3 Chaldean 9
Global rank#13,229

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Historical popularity from 1880–2025 · US Social Security Administration data

About the name Kubrick

Kubrick is a surname of Slavic origin derived from the root "kub" or "kuba," which relates to a cube or rounded shape, with the diminutive suffix "-rick" indicating a small version or familial connection.

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Etymology

Kubrick is a surname of Slavic origin derived from the root "kub" or "kuba," which relates to a cube or rounded shape, with the diminutive suffix "-rick" indicating a small version or familial connection. The name has German and Eastern European (particularly Polish and Jewish) associations, emerging from regions where such Slavic-Germanic naming conventions overlapped, and is most famously borne by director Stanley Kubrick, whose family was Jewish.

Kubrick currently ranks #13,229 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2013.

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