The Bibbs surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,190 people carried this name — #7,900 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. That is up 8% from 3,862 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bibbs surname

A surname originating as a matronymic.

From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Isabel.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bibbs» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Bibbs in American newspapers,
1916.

Newspaper page from Eagle River Review carrying the name Bibbs
Eagle River Review 1916-07-21
Newspaper page from Wood County Reporter carrying the name Bibbs
Wood County Reporter 1916-09-21
Newspaper page from Eagle River Review carrying the name Bibbs
Eagle River Review 1916-07-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 194,646 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bibbs in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

3,510 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bibbs. The most, 1,442, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,032
Queensland 570
Victoria 559
South Australia 196
Western Australia 80
Tasmania 72
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bibbs.

Who carried it

People named Bibbs,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Junius Bibbs 1910–1980 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bibbs,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States174 records

174 records of the Bibbs name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 78
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 63
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clifford E. Bibbs

    Born 1920 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; driver from Knox County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Knoxville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Wayne Bibbs

    Born 1954; from Blue Island, Illinois. U.S. Army, aircraft maintenance apprentice; killed in action 1972 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Bibbs

    Arrived at Philadelphia in 1881 aboard the Illinois from Liverpool, aged 30; mechanic. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 174 records for Bibbs in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia15 records

15 records of the Bibbs name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 12
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Fredk Bibbs

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Marco Polo, aged 22; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Leonard B. C. Bibbs

    Soldier of Mirboo Nth, Victoria; died 1918.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record L. Bibbs

    Australian Light Horse. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Bibbs in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Bibbs name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Gertrude Elizabeth Bibbs

    Married 1945 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Bibbs name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Matley-Roy Bibbs

    Born 1930 in the United States; died 1994 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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