63%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Hausa Meaning & History Means "born on Wednesday" in Hausa, derived from Laraba "Wednesday", from Arabic الأربعاء (al-ʾarbiʿāʾ), itself derived from أربعة (ʾarbaʿa) meaning "four". Related Names Rootsba + ʾarbiʿāʾ Categories birth, days, days of the week