Líba

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a diminutive of the female given name Libuše

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/liːba/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Líba is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia≈1 in 25K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ISIceland1 in 351K
  • USUnited States1 in 430K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

773 people, 2020

Sources
33 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 25K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Liba in US United States, PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a diminutive of the female given name Libuše

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Líba counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Líba is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States7731 in 430K760Liba33
CZ Czechia≈430 est.≈1 in 25K25Líba19
PL Poland151 in 2.6M16Liba6
SE Sweden81 in 1.3M8—3
LV Latvia41 in 470K4——
IS Iceland11 in 351K1——

773 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Líba is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Philippines, Brazil, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Liba, Libã

  • English given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Liba, Libā

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Líba is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Chinese, Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籬笆 /篱笆

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalAhoj Líba,Hi Líba, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Líba
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IS IcelandÞjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)20261—
IS IcelandMannanafnaskrá — official register of approved personal names———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Líba mean, and where does it come from?
a diminutive of the female given name Libuše Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Líba?
A machine transcription gives /liːba/ (IPA) for Czech.
Is Líba a male or female name?
Líba is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Líba have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 773 people named Líba, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled liba.
How common is the name Líba?
In the United States, the national register counted 773 people named Líba in 2020, about 1 in 430 thousand residents.

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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/l%C3%ADba

The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Líba”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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