CUBA Origin of surname
CUBA, KUBA
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic surname derived from a male ancestor's personal name, in this case of biblical origin.
The Jewish surname Cuba, also spelled Kuba, is based on the second part of the biblical name Jacob. Jacob, the third patriarch, was the younger twin son of Isaac and Rebekah. The biblical personal name Jacob has numerous equivalents, all Latin; Jacobo, Jacopo and Giacobbe in Italian; Jacoub in Judeo-Provencal; Yaaqov in Spanish; Jacques in French; Iancu in Romanian; Jakob in German; Jack in English; Jakab in Hungarian; Yaakov in Russian. One of the earliest is recorded with Ibrahim Ibn Jakub, a Spanish Jew who traveled in Germany up to the Baltic Sea in 965 CE. Abbreviations and diminutives of Jacob originated entire groups of new names based on its two constituent syllables, such as, on the one hand, Yekel, Jekelin, and Jaecklin, and, on the other hand, Copin, Koppelin and Koppelman. Cob, the second part of Jacob, also appeared as Kopf (literally German for "head") and Kauf (German for "buy"). This developed into Kaufmann (German for "merchant"), actually a combination of Jacob and the biblical Manasse or Menachem.
Mercado and Mercada were widespread personal names among Sephardi Jews. When a family lost a child and another baby was born soon after, they would symbolically 'sell' it to a relative or neighbor in order to fool the angel of death who had conspired against their seed. Such a baby boy would be called Mercado and a girl Mercada, both meaning "sold" and coming from the same Spanish root as "merchant". Another important group of names derived from Jacob grew from the variant Yankel/Jankel. Koppelman is documented as a Jewish name in Germany in the 13th century, Coppelin in Koeln (Cologne) in 1261, Koppelin in Mainz in 1286, Copin in Paris in 1292, Koppin in Baden, Germany, in 1360, Koppelmann in Nuernberg, Germany in the early 15th century, and Koppel in Austria in the 17th century. In the 20th century Cuba is recorded as a Jewish family name with the American attorneys and accountants Max M. and Joseph Cuba.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a patronymic surname derived from a male ancestor's personal name, in this case of biblical origin.
The Jewish surname Cuba, also spelled Kuba, is based on the second part of the biblical name Jacob. Jacob, the third patriarch, was the younger twin son of Isaac and Rebekah. The biblical personal name Jacob has numerous equivalents, all Latin; Jacobo, Jacopo and Giacobbe in Italian; Jacoub in Judeo-Provencal; Yaaqov in Spanish; Jacques in French; Iancu in Romanian; Jakob in German; Jack in English; Jakab in Hungarian; Yaakov in Russian. One of the earliest is recorded with Ibrahim Ibn Jakub, a Spanish Jew who traveled in Germany up to the Baltic Sea in 965 CE. Abbreviations and diminutives of Jacob originated entire groups of new names based on its two constituent syllables, such as, on the one hand, Yekel, Jekelin, and Jaecklin, and, on the other hand, Copin, Koppelin and Koppelman. Cob, the second part of Jacob, also appeared as Kopf (literally German for "head") and Kauf (German for "buy"). This developed into Kaufmann (German for "merchant"), actually a combination of Jacob and the biblical Manasse or Menachem.
Mercado and Mercada were widespread personal names among Sephardi Jews. When a family lost a child and another baby was born soon after, they would symbolically 'sell' it to a relative or neighbor in order to fool the angel of death who had conspired against their seed. Such a baby boy would be called Mercado and a girl Mercada, both meaning "sold" and coming from the same Spanish root as "merchant". Another important group of names derived from Jacob grew from the variant Yankel/Jankel. Koppelman is documented as a Jewish name in Germany in the 13th century, Coppelin in Koeln (Cologne) in 1261, Koppelin in Mainz in 1286, Copin in Paris in 1292, Koppin in Baden, Germany, in 1360, Koppelmann in Nuernberg, Germany in the early 15th century, and Koppel in Austria in the 17th century. In the 20th century Cuba is recorded as a Jewish family name with the American attorneys and accountants Max M. and Joseph Cuba.