Another common name for the baybayin is alibata, which is a word that was invented just in the 20th century by a member of the old National Language Institute, Paul Versoza. As he explained in Pangbansang Titik nang Pilipinas in 1939,
Isa ring pangalan ng baybayin ang alibata, na nilikha sa ika-20 dantaon lamang ni Paul Versoza, isang kasapi ng dating National Language Institute. Nagbigay paliwanag si Versoza sa kaniyang aklat na Pangbansang Titik nang Pilipinas noong 1939: