Ube

Sometimes used as a short form of a longer name such as Chidiebube, Ube may be considered an Igbo name derived from the element èbùbè, giving it the miraculous meaning of "marvel, wonder". It appears in the novels Pet and Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi.

Alternatively, it may be viewed as a food-related name, used for a species of yam, or it may be seen as a diminutive of the Arabic Ubayd ("little servant") or the Italian and Germanic Uberto or Hubert ("bright mind"). It might even be a spelling alternative to the Swedish and Danish Ubbe ("city dweller").