# 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:

## 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 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
* Kate Libby, one of the main characters in Hackers (1995) played by Angelina Jolie

## Commercial

* Libby, a major digital library application
* Libby's, a canned food brand

## Places

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