Libre

loc · Latin script

Meaning: free (not imprisoned or enslaved)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Libre is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BEBelgium1 in 180K(measured from records)
  • CLChile≈1 in 238K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 258K

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.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈260 people, est.

Sources
53 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 180K (inferred from the name graph)

Belgium

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

free (not imprisoned or enslaved)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Libre 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 Libre is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈260 est.≈1 in 258K43—2
CO Colombia≈140 est.≈1 in 355K—Libre17
US United States≈120 est.≈1 in 2.8Mlisted—53
CL Chile≈76 est.≈1 in 238K1Libre17
BE Belgium651 in 180K65—3
EE Estonia≈4 est.≈1 in 351Klisted——

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: Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. 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)

Libre is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Ľïbřė, Libré, Lîbrë, Librè, Lîbřé

  • Italian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain

    Also written Libri, Librè, Librì

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Lībřę, Lìbřê, Libré

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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)

Libre is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Especially of the will: free, independent, unconstrained.

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

  • In bik, gratis; free of charge; for free

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

  • In Filipino, free; free of charge; gratis

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

  • In hil, free; without charge; gratis

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

  • In Cebuano, without charge; free, gratis

    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)

175018001850190019502000Libre Irmond Bardin, b. 1794Magnifico Osorio, b. 1934Michel Libre, b. 1957

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Libre
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200865#21,668
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199143—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195140—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196138—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198131—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192129—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190127—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197126—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193125—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194124—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191119—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)189112—

Reference works 1

  • 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 Libre mean, and where does it come from?
free (not imprisoned or enslaved) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Libre have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 263 people named Libre in France, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Libre most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Libre is densest in Belgium — about 1 in 180 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Libre?
In Belgium, the national register counted 65 people named Libre in 2008, about 1 in 180 thousand residents.

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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, “Libre”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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