Entry № 5890 · English origin

Libby Libby — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LIH-bee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"English diminutive of Elizabeth (Liberty)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "english diminutive of elizabeth (liberty)".

Libby is from the English Libby. English Libby + diminutive of Elizabeth + Hebrew Elisheva My God is an oath + Latin lib/libertas freedom + Statue of Liberty Liberty Enlightening the World gift from France 1886 + Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi sculptor + Gustave Eiffel internal structure + Ellis Island immigration ~12 million immigrants 1892-1954 + The New Colossus Emma Lazarus 1883 + Give me your tired your poor your huddled masses + Libby Larsen American composer Grammy 1994.

English diminutive of Elizabeth (Liberty) English Libby + diminutive of Elizabeth + Hebrew Elisheva My God is an oath + Latin lib/libertas freedom + Statue of Liberty Liberty Enlightening the World gift from France 1886 + Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi sculptor + Gustave Eiffel internal structure + Ellis Island immigration ~12 million immigrants 1892-1954 + The New Colossus Emma Lazarus 1883 + Give me your tired your poor your huddled masses + Libby Larsen American composer Grammy 1994

The name in its native script.

Libby
Transliteration
Libby
Pronunciation
/ ˈlɪb.i /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Libby stands.

Libby does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Libbys before her.

Real people

In fiction
Statue of Liberty / Libby Larsen
Statue of Liberty 1886 + Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi sculptor + Ellis Island ~12 million immigrants + Emma Lazarus New Colossus 1883 + Libby Larsen Grammy 1994
American heritage

Names connected to Libby.

The number behind Libby.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Libby reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.