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:

Libby or Libbie

 * Libby Davies (born 1953), Canadian member of parliament
 * Libby Gill (born 1954), American motivational writer, speaker and coach
 * Libby Gleeson (born 1950), Australian writer
 * Libby Fischer Hellmann, American crime fiction writer
 * Libbie Hickman (born 1965), American former long-distance runner
 * Libbie Hyman (1888–1969), American zoologist
 * Libby Larsen (born 1950), American classical composer
 * Libby Morris (born 1930), Canadian comic actress
 * Libby Munro (born 1981), Australian actress
 * Libby Potter, British reporter
 * Libby Rees (born 1995), British author
 * Libby Riddles (born 1956), 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 (born 1990), Scottish Paralympic sprinter
 * Elizabeth Bacon Custer (1842–1933), wife of General George Armstrong Custer, nicknamed "Libbie"
 * Libby Hathorn (born 1943), Australian writer and poet
 * Libby Holman (1904–1971), American torch singer and actress
 * Libby Lane (born 1966), British Anglican bishop
 * Libby Mettam, Australian politician elected 2014, former journalist
 * Libby Mitchell (born 1940), American politician
 * Libby Pataki (born 1950), wife of former New York Governor George Pataki
 * Libby Purves (born 1950), British journalist
 * Libby Roderick (born c. 1958), American singer/songwriter, poet and activist
 * Libbie Schrader, American singer-songwriter
 * Libby Tanner (born 1970), Australian actress
 * Libby Thompson (1855–1953), American prostitute, dance hall girl and madam
 * Libby Titus (born 1947), American singer/songwriter born Elizabeth Jurist
 * Libby Trickett (born 1985), Australian world-record holding swimmer and Olympic champion

Surname

 * Aaron Libby (born 1983), American politician
 * Bill Libby (1927–1984), American sports author
 * Charles Libby (1844–1915), American politician and lawyer
 * Charles Thornton Libby (1861–1948), American author, historian, genealogist and lawyer
 * Frederick Libby (1891–1970), first American flying ace of World War I
 * George D. Libby (1919–1950), U.S. Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor
 * Jake Libby (born 1993), English cricketer
 * Nate Libby, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives beginning 2012
 * Scooter Libby (born 1950), former chief of staff (2001–2005) to Vice President Dick Cheney
 * Willard Libby (1908–1980), American chemist
 * Grace Libby Vollmer (1884–1977), 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

Commercial
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 * Libby's, a canned food brand

Places

 * Libby, Montana
 * Libby Prison, US Civil War prison