Given name
Libuše
“to love”
Libuše is a feminine given name from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Czech.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, built from Czech libý + -uše.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Libuše’s family of names
In Czech usage, Libuše has a diminutive in Libuška. In Czech usage, Libuše has a later derivative in Libuša. In Czech usage, Libuše has a conventional equivalent in the Slovenian form LJUBICA.
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Around the world
Libuše has relatives in 10 languages.
13 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- LubinaUpper Sorbian, Lower Sorbian
- Libušaderivative · Slovak, Czech
- LibussaGerman
- Libuszaequivalent
- ЛюбаUkrainian
- ЛюбовUkrainian
- Љубицаsr-Cyrl
- LjubaSlovene
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Libuše
- Libuše ŠafránkováCzech actress (1953–2021)
- Libuše HavelkováCzech actress (1924–2017)
- Libuše MoníkováCzech bookwriter (1945-1998)
- Libuše JarcovjákováCzech photographer and teacher (born 1952)
- Libuše PrůšováCzech tennis playerborn 1979
- Libuše ŠvormováCzech actressborn 1935
- Libuše LomskáCzechoslovakian hurdler1923–2004
- Libuše BenešováCzech politicianborn 1948
- Libuše DomanínskáCzech opera singer and music educator1924–2021
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