Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: rising
LibiIn Hebrew: ליבי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: לִיבִּיRomanization: líbi
Libi (Hebrew: ליבי) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 10,110 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 947 girls and ranked #10. Its peak year was 2024, with 978 babies.
- People in Israel
- 10,110
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 947
- rank #10
- Peak year
- 2024
- 978 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Libi
In Hebrew letters the name is ליבי, read right to left. Libi is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "líbi" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, Libby
From לב (lev, “heart”) + ־י (-i, first person singular possessive suffix: “my”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Libi by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Libi
How do you write Libi in Hebrew?
Libi is written ליבי in Hebrew (with vowel points: לִיבִּי). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "líbi".
How many people in Israel are named Libi?
10,110 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ליבי: 9,732 women and 378 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Libi a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 96.3% of the people named ליבי are women.
What does the name Libi mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Libby" Etymology: From לב (lev, “heart”) + ־י (-i, first person singular possessive suffix: “my”).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.