Entry № 0688 · Czech origin

Libuše Libuše — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LIB-oo-sheh /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Czech

Meaning

"Legendary Czech founder-princess"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Medieval (Czech)

The meaning

A name that means "legendary czech founder-princess".

Libuše is the legendary Czech princess who founded the city of Prague — a prophetic seer who chose the ploughman Přemysl as her husband, founding the Přemyslid dynasty. Smetana's opera Libuše (1881) is the Czech national opera.

Libuše is widely used in the Czech Republic.

The Czech founder-princess of Prague.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Libuše

Transliteration: Libuše
Pronunciation: / ˈlɪb.uː.ʃɛ /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Libuše stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Libuše · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Libušes before her.

Real people

Libuše Šafránková

Czech actress.

1953 – 2021

In fiction

Libuše

Heroine of Smetana's opera.

1881 opera

Names connected to Libuše.

Numerology

The number behind Libuše.

The Builder

Libuše reduces to four — the number of Czech sovereignty.

Parents on Libuše

Why families chose this name.

"Founder-princess of Prague. Six letters. Libuše."

Eva · Mother of one · Prague