Libby
Libby as a feminine given name is typically a diminutive form of Elizabeth, which is less commonly spelled 'Libbie' or 'Libi'.
In recent years, it has been used as a shortened version of the name Liberty.
The name means my heart in Hebrew. It became popular in Israel due to a character in a series of novels for young teenagers by author Hadas Leibowitz and due to its use in the Israeli song Achoti Haktana or My Little Sister.
As a surname, it can also be spelled 'Libbey'.
Libby or Libbie may refer to:
People with the name
Given name
Libby or Libbie
- Libby Davies, Canadian member of parliament
- Libby Gill, American motivational writer, speaker and coach
- Libby Gleeson, Australian writer
- Libby Fischer Hellmann, American crime fiction writer
- Libbie Hickman, American former long-distance runner
- Libbie Hyman, American zoologist
- Libby Larsen, American classical composer
- Libby Morris, Canadian comic actress
- Libby Munro, Australian actress
- Libby Potter, British reporter
- Libby Rees, British author
- Libby Riddles, first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
- Libby Szabo, American politician, member of the Colorado House of Representatives since 2011
Elizabeth or Lisbeth
- Libby Clegg, Scottish Paralympic sprinter
- Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of General George Armstrong Custer, nicknamed "Libbie"
- Libbie Janse van Rensburg, South African rugby union and sevens player
- Libby Hakaraia, New Zealand film producer and director
- Libby Hathorn, Australian writer and poet
- Libby Holman, American torch singer and actress
- Libby Lane, British Anglican bishop
- Libby Mettam, Australian politician elected 2014, former journalist
- Libby Mitchell, American politician
- Libby Pataki, wife of former New York Governor George Pataki
- Libby Purves, British journalist
- Libby Roderick, American singer/songwriter, poet and activist
- Libbie Schrader, American singer-songwriter
- Libby Tanner, Australian actress
- Libby Thompson, American prostitute, dance hall girl and madam
- Libby Titus, American singer/songwriter born Elizabeth Jurist
- Libby Trickett, Australian world-record holding swimmer and Olympic champion
Surname
- Aaron Libby, American politician
- Bill Libby, American sports author
- Charles Libby, American politician and lawyer
- Charles Thornton Libby, American author, historian, genealogist and lawyer
- Frederick Libby, first American flying ace of World War I
- George D. Libby, U.S. Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor
- Jake Libby, English cricketer
- Nate Libby, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives beginning 2012
- Scooter Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney
- Willard Libby, American chemist
- Grace Libby Vollmer, née Libby, American painter.
Fictional characters
- Libby (Lost), a minor character on the television drama Lost
- Libby, Jonah's brief girlfriend who is also deaf in Disney Channel series Andi Mack
- Libby, from the 2015 Pixar film The Good Dinosaur
- Libby Chessler, antagonist on the ABC/WB sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
- Libby Folfax, a female black character on the Nickelodeon animated television series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and the 2001 film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Libby Fox, in the British soap opera EastEnders
- Libby Jeffries, in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
- Libby Kennedy, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Libby Lawrence, a DC Comics superheroine, the first Liberty Belle (comics)
- Andrew Jackson Libby, a recurring character in Robert A. Heinlein's Future History series
- Libbie the Cyber Oryx, a proposed mascot submitted in LibreOffice's mascot competition
- Libby Masters, wife of the main character in the television show Masters of Sex
- Libby, a character in the animated television series Grojband
- Libby Stein-Torres, a recurring character in Disney Channel series The Ghost and Molly McGee
- Kate Libby, one of the main characters in Hackers played by Angelina Jolie
Commercial
- Libby (service), a major digital library application
- Libby's, a canned food brand