Libba as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Libba

What is the meaning of the name Libba ?

The baby name Libba is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈlɪbə/ (LIB-uh).

Libba is in Origin.

Libba is an English diminutive of Elizabeth, carried via Greek Elisabet and Latin Elisabeth from the Hebrew name Elisheva, meaning "God is my oath" or "my God is abundance." As with many English nicknames, its form likely arose through playful consonant doubling and vowel smoothing, sitting alongside Libby as a close variant.

Evidence of Libba appears in 19th-century British and American records as a familiar name for Elizabeth, and it began to appear on birth certificates as an independent given name in the mid-20th century. The name is associated with folk legend Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten and novelist Libba Bray, which helped keep it visible in the U.S. Variants and related forms include Libby, Libbie, Liz, Liza, Eliza, Beth, Betsy, Bess, Betty, and Lilibet; Isabella and Isabel are cognates through the same root. Not to be confused with Yiddish Liba/Leeba, a separate name.

⚙ Libba is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Libba appears only 4 times in total — found in 3 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.