Given name & surname · also African
Bibi
“a king's daughter; a lady”
Bibi is used as a given name, a surname, and a nickname. One African interpretation is “a king's daughter; a lady.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a king's daughter; a lady.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Persian.
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Bibi is a diminutive of Gabriela. In Swedish usage, Bibi is a diminutive of Birgitta.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bibi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 689
- 0 boys · 689 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #5,433 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,433 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 5.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 2018. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,449 as a first name in 2020; 3,171 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bibi’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Bibi is a diminutive of Gabriela. Bibi has a conventional equivalent in the French form Barbe. In Spanish usage, Bibi is a diminutive of Bibiana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bibi has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Bibi
- Bibi AnderssonSwedish actress (1935–2019)
- Bibi Khanoom AstarabadiIranian writer, satirist, and one of the pioneering figures in the women's movement of Iran1858–1921
- Bibi Maryam BakhtiariIranian politician1874–1937
- Bibi FerreiraBrazilian presenter, actress, singer, songwriter and director (1922-2019)
- Bibi BourellyGerman singer and songwriterborn 1994
- Bibi OsterwaldAmerican actress (1918-2002)
- Bibi AyeshaFemale warlord in Afghanistanborn 1901
- Bibi MedouaCameroonian footballerborn 1993
- Bibi Jamal KhatunIndian Sufi saint
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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