Libby Forename

20,452nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 44,223 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Libby Forename Definition:

A typically English derivation from ‘Elizabeth’. Now exceedingly rare in any but rural districts and, even there, only in England.

Libby Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
30,1591:12,0211,202
Australia-6,7511:2,023385
England
100%
2,4311:22,8721,391
Canada
100%
1,3871:23,8892,053
New Zealand-1,0861:4,177629
Philippines
 
55%
5491:193,0968,700
China-2541:5,378,17255,894
Scotland
100%
2091:25,6001,116
Fiji-1151:7,7601,571
South Africa
 
82%
1141:478,35723,235
Egypt
100%
1081:850,93516,903
Wales
100%
941:32,9181,426
Dominican Republic-801:130,3916,179
Ireland
 
94%
691:67,2971,945
India
100%
601:20,247,966476,698
Netherlands
 
94%
491:344,94010,093
Mexico
100%
471:2,641,37113,897
Peru
 
97%
411:775,40111,577
Northern Ireland
100%
381:48,5041,210
Hong Kong-371:209,5333,304
United Arab Emirates-311:230,70914,681
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Thailand
100%
271:2,595,03064,663
Guernsey-261:2,436374
Malaysia
 
96%
241:1,268,74841,875
Singapore-241:261,9619,116
Papua New Guinea
100%
211:388,20530,311
Switzerland
100%
211:391,1196,896
Germany
 
73%
191:5,088,30920,573
Zambia-191:834,46314,732
Kenya-181:2,572,61721,139
France-161:4,154,39618,164
Honduras
100%
161:551,0928,007
Venezuela
100%
161:1,887,61833,763
Brazil-131:16,479,704171,823
Qatar
50%
 
131:182,27721,851
Guatemala
100%
111:1,464,4035,160
Spain-101:4,652,99615,347
Saudi Arabia-91:3,423,61814,711
Indonesia
100%
81:32,245,458686,574
Liberia
100%
81:551,50814,444
El Salvador-71:905,9696,148
Guam-71:22,9492,164
Belgium
100%
61:1,915,00718,066
Denmark-61:941,58311,543
Japan-61:21,331,01046,700
Nigeria
100%
61:29,594,060217,150
Uganda
100%
61:6,826,15353,479
Chile
100%
51:3,521,44219,163
Colombia
100%
51:9,555,78540,229
Jersey-51:19,9961,220
Nicaragua
100%
51:1,203,66714,616
Trinidad and Tobago-51:272,28413,349
Botswana
100%
41:546,11213,807
Czechia
 
84%
41:2,664,0405,608
Ecuador-41:4,431,73016,276
Italy
 
82%
41:15,265,52238,916
Panama-41:976,63921,104
South Korea-41:1,386,10520,690
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
Sweden
100%
31:3,285,96941,581
Zimbabwe
100%
31:5,141,27276,754
Argentina-21:21,386,62229,627
Austria-21:4,257,10013,469
Brunei-21:209,7852,478
Costa Rica
100%
21:2,383,97418,662
Greece-21:5,467,27417,678
Guyana-21:381,63118,312
Isle of Man-21:42,512455
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Luxembourg
100%
21:282,0243,520
Norway-21:2,566,16424,989
Oman-21:2,054,3348,531
Pakistan-21:97,178,840228,758
Puerto Rico-21:1,775,1506,781
Taiwan
100%
21:11,884,841132,786
Tanzania-21:26,394,16073,301
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Cambodia-11:16,273,33074,610
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
East Timor-11:1,218,375811
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Kiribati-11:113,3941,211
Lebanon-11:5,627,57119,299
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
Northern Cyprus-11:318,1333,044
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Russia
100%
11:144,233,704184,271
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Wallis and Futuna-11:13,529157

Libby (16,069) may also be a surname.

Libby Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A typically English derivation from ‘Elizabeth’. Now exceedingly rare in any but rural districts and, even there, only in England.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Libby Forename Popularity

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Libuay7313/
Leibbe7311/
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Lesbby736/
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