Message: "Libby" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Libby

by Evangeline Rose (evangelinerose)

6/9/2011, 5:21 AM

Libby has been on my mind lately, WDYT of Libby on its own? and as a nickname for Elizabeth?

Are there any other names Libby could be short for? I've known a Liberty and the obvious Elizabeth. I much prefer Elizabeth.

Have you met any Libby's? Age, Middle Names? :)

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- Gigi (Jeana Bradbury)

6/9/2011, 9:18 PM

This is a Surename in my family.

- Violet (dlilly)

6/9/2011, 3:27 PM

I've never met a Libby, but I like it as a nickname for Elizabeth. It's peppy.

- Orsino (bananarama)

6/9/2011, 1:44 PM

I've never met a Libby, but I like it (as a nickname).

Libby is okay for Elizabeth, but I like it better for Liberty.

Others you can use:

Liboria
Libertad - Spanish form of Liberty.
Liberata - Italian name with a similar meaning.

This message was edited 6/9/2011, 1:45 PM

- Meg_Simpson +1

6/9/2011, 10:39 AM

Libby is nice only nickname for Libuša, Libusha, Libuscha, Libjena, Libena or Liboslava.

- Bear

6/9/2011, 10:44 AM

Libena

Oooh. Libena. I love the meaning. How is it pronounced? "LEE-ben-uh" or "lee-BEH-nuh" or "lee-BYEH-nuh" or some other way? Is the stress on the first, second or third syllable?

Thanks!

- Bear

6/9/2011, 10:20 AM

I love Libby too. She's so friendly and warm. But I only like it as a nn for Elizabeth or even Liberty, although like you I prefer Elizabeth.

Hmmm. Another formal name? Lilibet comes to mind, but of course that's just Elizabeth in disguise.

Sibyl / Sibylla
Bidelia
Wilhelmina --> Billie --> Libby? (pretty far fetched, I admit)
Cybele ("SIB-uh-lee")
Bibigul
Libed (means swan in Russian, "LEE-bet")
Libya (the country)

- kelly

6/9/2011, 10:12 AM

I like Libby. It is cute & spunky but also has a capable feel to it. I could picture a doctor or judge named Libby ao I think it can stand on it's own.
It is cute as a nn to Elizabeth. Liberty is only other name I can think of. It is cute & spunky as well but nms.

There was a Libby at the company I used to work for. I never met her but heard her name a lot. I think she is in her 50s.

- Pie

6/9/2011, 9:55 AM

It's an okay nn for Elizabeth, I prefer it to Lizzie. It's also a fruit juice brand here. The only Libby I've ever met's name was actually Laura - her surname began with B. So it would probably work for any other LB name.

- New_Chloe +1

6/9/2011, 8:09 AM

I always thought Libby could be a nn for Lillian, like how Buffy is for Elizabeth. There is something childish about Libby that somehow makes that work, and I quite like that.

How bout Libya nn Libby? Lyubov nn Libby?

I've never known any Libby's.

This message was edited 6/9/2011, 8:10 AM

- Bear

6/9/2011, 10:21 AM

Lyubov, nn Libby, is a great suggestion.

- ursa

6/9/2011, 7:48 AM

I really like it, but I don't know if I would use it on its own. I really like is as a nickname for Elizabeth.

- Ranchie

6/9/2011, 7:38 AM

I would prefer a full name for it and the one I think would be best is Elizabeth. I suppose it could be a nickname for Lilibeth. I have a distant cousin with a daughter named Lizabeth (yes just Lizabeth, no E) and her nickname is Libby. I'm not sure her middle name but I want to say Rose. She has to be around 5 years old.

- insane romantic

6/9/2011, 7:14 AM

I like it but I wouldn't use it on it's own. I prefer it as a nickname for Elizabeth.

- KelpieR (KelpieRae)

6/9/2011, 6:49 AM

I know three Libbys, one is Elizabeth, one is Liberty and I think the other is just Libby. They are:

Elizabeth Claire (25)
Liberty Sophia (18/17)
Libby Jean Grace (I think those are her middle names, I'm not sure on her age but she's about 10-ish I'd say)

I really like Libby as a nickname for Elizabeth, it's so sweet and so much nicer than Lizzy. But I'm not keen on Liberty as a name.

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