Ryba

See also: ryba, rybą, Rybą, and rýbä

English

Etymology

From Czech, Polish, and Slovak Ryba.

Proper noun

Ryba (plural Rybas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ryba is the 16860^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1692 individuals. Ryba is most common among White (95.39%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ryba”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Bray, Raby, bary-, bray, yarb

Polish

Etymology

From ryba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɘ.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɘba
• Syllabification: Ry‧ba
• Homophone: ryba

Proper noun

Ryba m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Ryba

	singular	plural
nominative	Ryba	Rybowie
genitive	Ryby	Rybów
dative	Rybie	Rybom
accusative	Rybę	Rybów
instrumental	Rybą	Rybami
locative	Rybie	Rybach
vocative	Rybo	Rybowie

Proper noun

Ryba f (traditional married form Rybina, traditional unmarried form Rybianka or Rybówna)

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Ryba

	singular	plural
nominative	Ryba	Ryby
genitive	Ryby	Ryb
dative	Rybie	Rybom
accusative	Rybę	Ryby
instrumental	Rybą	Rybami
locative	Rybie	Rybach
vocative	Rybo	Ryby

Further reading

• “Ryba”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

Slovak

Etymology

From ryba (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riba/, [ˈriba]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Hyphenation: Ry‧ba

Proper noun

Ryba m pers (female equivalent Rybová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Ryba
(pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Ryba	Rybovia	Rybovci
genitive	Rybu	Rybov	Rybovcov
dative	Rybovi	Rybom	Rybovcom
accusative	Rybu	Rybov	Rybovcov
locative	Rybovi	Ryboch	Rybovcoch
instrumental	Rybom	Rybami	Rybovcami

Further reading

• “Ryba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026