Libes
surname · Latin script
Meaning: given nameLibe, from lib dear, beloved (cf (A dictionary of surnames)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries · latest register: INSEE, 1991
/liβes/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated
Libes is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Argentina.
- ARArgentina
- COColombia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Argentina (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 16 (measured from records)
no count published
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
How to pronounce Libes
- Spanish:/liβes/(machine-generated) model-generated
Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)given nameLibe, from lib dear, beloved (cf. Lieb). Vars.: Li(e)bis; Libin, Libov(itz), Libovits, Libowicz (E Ash¬ kenazic), Libovici (Rumanian spelling). Metr. (E Ashkenazic, from a dim., Yid. Libke): Libkowicz.
Cited for this meaning 1
- A dictionary of surnames
Where the surname Libes is found
(measured from records)Libes counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | — | — | Libes | 16 |
| US United States | — | listed | Libes | 9 |
| CO Colombia | — | — | Libes | 4 |
| FR France | — | 38 | — | — |
| UY Uruguay | — | 1 | — | 2 |
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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012). 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 recorded senses
(measured from records)Libes is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, second-person singular present subjunctive of libar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, second-person singular present active subjunctive of lībō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Maltese, to wear (clothes)
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.
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Libes come from?
- given nameLibe, from lib dear, beloved (cf. Lieb). Vars.: Li(e)bis; Libin, Libov(itz), Libovits, Libowicz (E Ash¬ kenazic), Libovici (Rumanian spelling). Metr. (E Ashkenazic, from a dim., Yid. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
- How do you pronounce Libes?
- In Spanish /liβes/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- What does the name Libes mean?
- Recorded meaning: given nameLibe, from lib dear, beloved (cf.
- In which country does Libes have the most bearers?
- Libes is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled libes.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/libesThe 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, “Libes”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.