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[platomapus.livejournal.com]

this lady just called for one of my bosses, her name was libby...i'm guessing short for libia which i think is ADORABLE!

what do you think?!

and...any suggestions for a middle name?

Comments

[intothefireugo.livejournal.com]

I thought Libby was a nickname for Elizabeth.
I'm not a big fan of the name. And not just because I briefly had a neurotic history teacher named Mr. Libby.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

bah! huh, i never knew of it like that

[intothefireugo.livejournal.com]

http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/nicknames.html

:)

[colliemommie.livejournal.com]

I've always heard Libby as a nickname for Elizabeth. I've never heard Libia before.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

really? hmmm...!

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

wow, thats weird i've never heard of it nicknamed for elizabeth!

[batting0.livejournal.com]

One of my childhood friends was named Elizabeth, and we've only ever called her Libby.

And "Libia" for some reason reminds me of Labia... so, I'm not really a fan of the name...

[mandidoll.livejournal.com]

this!


and i have a friend that named her daughter liberty and calls her libby. but i always think of elizabeth

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

i think of the same thing when i see it written down...lol =/

but i really love how it sounds! libia, not labia...

[willsjoy.livejournal.com]

Exactly this.

[kaoriz.livejournal.com]

iawtc.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Libia reminds me of both Libya and labia, neither being stellar associations for a child's name.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I was going to write this exact comment...

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

fair enough. :]

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Libby is generally short for Elizabeth or Olivia. I have never heard Libia before and it reminds me of labia.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

i LOVE olivia! its all good, the boyfriend hates it because it reminds him of labia as well, lol.

its definitely out!

[blosmbee.livejournal.com]

I've heard Libby as a nickname for Liberty and Elizabeth.

I HATE Libia. It's too close to Labia.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

i see, i dont like liberty or elizabeth, unless elizabeth is a middle name...

boyfriend says the same thing! oh wells! thx :]

[violin-fingers.livejournal.com]

Agree with the Labia likeness.

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

i like libby as a nickname for elis/zabeth, but it has bad connotations with a crazy girl i used to know so i wouldn't use it.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

bah! makes sense!

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

i see, thank you :]

[mairelys.livejournal.com]

My friend's name is Libertad and she goes by Libby.. I personally hate Libby.

[imagine-eyeball.livejournal.com]

Libertad? I keep reading it Libertard.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

libertad? yikes...i really like libby...i think?

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Libia, Labia, way too similar. Way too close. And as well, I'm with most everybody else, I've only ever heard Libby as a nickname for Elizabeth.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

Never knew this was short for Elizabeth but I must disagree witht he whole Libia/Labia thing... didnt't really occur to me. I like Livia betetr though... I think it's silly with some of he things that make you think of something else. Don't get me wrong there *are* names that are waaay too close to other things but then... some just aren't. For example Lana is anal spelt backwards which is TERRIBLE but many people think it's fine and Allan is a perfect name and it resempbles the word 'Anal' a lot... don't even need to add letters. Don't know if I am making since on this O.O

[piecesofmoi.livejournal.com]

Wow I never noticed the whole Lana/Anal thing!! haha, theres something to think about when you are choosing baby names!!

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

i didnt know it was short for elizabeth either! finally, someone other than me that wasnt aware! livia? its kind of cute but it makes me think of liver. lol...yikes! i get what you're saying though, i think i'm going to steer clear of libia...

esp since the boyfriend hates it! :X lol

[bandnerd88.livejournal.com]

Echoing those who have heard Libby as a nn for Elizabeth. One of my closest friends growing up was an Elizabeth "Libby."

I didn't really think about the Libia/labia similarity until other people pointed it out.

[piecesofmoi.livejournal.com]

As cute as Libia might seem, she's going to get teased in school (middle or high school obviously, elementary kids usually dont know about labia's), and be called Labia, or something of the likes. I've always heard it as a nickname for Elizabeth. Liberty isn't really a name IMO.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

verrrrry true.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Libia in italian is an African state, but I've always heard Libby as short for Elizabeth.

Not that labia has bad connotations imo, you can't actually get more feminine than that, but it is kinda close..and I'm not a fan of names that can be confused with a word. Word names and names that mean a word are my cup of tea, though.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

baaah, good point.

[ugottafriend.livejournal.com]

I'm with everyone else. Libby devires from Elizabeth. Libia/Libya is a country. No comment on the other association, although I agree.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

If it isn't already, it sounds like a part of a woman's genitalia.

[redriotroses.livejournal.com]

That's what i was going to say!

It's an awful name =/

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

Libby is generally short for Elizabeth . . .

Libia is awful. (1) Close to labia, and also (2) a misspelling of Libya.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I've known of an Elizabeth that went by Libby, and also a Liberty that went by that name. Never heard of Libia as a name.

Sorry, I'm essentially repeating what everyone else said. :)

I think Libby is cute as a nickname for a young child. But then again, the Elizabeth that went by that name still goes by Libby at age 25, so what do I know.