LIBBY  

Gender: F
Origin: English, diminutive of ELIZABETH

Popularity in 2008: #877

Through all the years when Betty, Betsy, Beth, Liz, and Lizzie were the Elizabethan nicknames of choice, Libby was set aside, but today it may be the most modern of all -- it has already made a strong comeback in England.

Variations:
Liby, Lib, Libbey, Libbie, Libbi

Libby is being discussed in our message boards:

• Poll: Once a Nickname... Always a Nickname???
• Nothing seems to go with 'Anderson'... Need First Name!
• We are STUMPED!! Suggestions Needed!
• Back to the drawing board, Sophie???
• nicknames

Read Nameberry blog posts about Libby:

• SCOTTISH BABY NAMES: What's 'in' in Inverness?
• ELIZABETH: The Name That Has Everything?
• WHO ARE THE MOST POPULAR ENGLISH GIRLS?
• JUST JOSIES: Nickname names--are they enough?
• POPULAR NAMES: Hidden Gems on the List