Libby

Where Libby comes from

The dictionaries list Libby as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth and Isabel — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #830 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1934
    Peak, #604
    119 babies named Libby — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1942
    Libby Kosmala born
    Australian Paralympic shooter
  4. 1990
    Libby Clegg born
    Scottish Paralympic sprinter
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth and Isabel.
Namesakes
  • Libby Kosmala · Australian Paralympic shooter, born 1942
  • Libby Clegg · Scottish Paralympic sprinter, born 1990
  • Libby Stout · American soccer player, born 1990
  • Libby Davies · Canadian politician, born 1953
  • Libby Munro · Australian screen and stage actress, born 1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.