Laban

See also: laban, lábán, Labán, and la bàn

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English Laban, from Latin Laban, from Koine Greek Λάβαν (Lában), from Biblical Hebrew לָבָן (Lāḇān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪbən/

Proper noun

Laban

1. (biblical) The brother of Rebekah and uncle of Jacob and Esau.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 25:20:

     And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Translations

brother of Rebekah

• Arabic: لَابَان m (lābān)
• Hebrew: לָבָן (he) m (laván)
• Italian: Labano
• Portuguese: Labão m
• Russian: Лава́н (ru) m (Laván)
• Spanish: Labán
• Swedish: Laban (sv) c
• Yiddish: לבֿן m (lovn)

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

Laban (plural Labans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Laban is the 41799^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 520 individuals. Laban is most common among White (59.62%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (20.0%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Laban”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 373.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• Alban, Balan, Blaan, Nabal, alban, banal, labna, nabal, nabla