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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 .
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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 (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 3D computer-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
Libby , a major digital library application
Libby's , a canned food brand
Places
See also
References